Subj : Re: Micronet IRC
To   : August Abolins
From : Nelgin
Date : Tue Dec 29 2020 15:36:26

August wrote:
> Hello Nelgin!
>  N> And this is why the echoes are dead.
> 
> Are you saying that IRC is discouraging posting to the echoes?  I  
> dunno.. perhaps IRC satisfies the appeal of being "live" online  
> with other people.  There is nothing that precludes those same  
> people (or others) to post in the echos in the meantime.

Possibly. In the world of instant gratification that the internet has provided
us, why bother posting and waiting possibly days for 1 or 2 relies, or maybe
none at all? Just hope on IRC, talk real time, idle in a channel and catch up
with the chat later. 

> The closest to live chat that I care to have is what I get out of  
> Telegram.  You can strike up a convo with someone, and walk away  
> and have dinner or something and come back later from where you  
> left off. No pressure to reply in real-time, although the option  
> is there.
> 
> How are IRC folks here accessing IRC? Is it via smartphones/ 
> tablets?

I use mIRC and I'm only in the #synchronet channel in irc.synchro.net though I
use other networks for other purposes...like instant gratification :)

> Maybe Micronet could experiment with a Telegram presence (linking  
> up an echo or two) as an adjunct to IRC?  ;)  The result would  
> entertain the live aspect of IRC yet still retain the standard  
> messaging experience too.

Lord no. Still, if I said "make them do it the old fashioned way" I'd be told
to pull out my modem and dial up to a BBS rather than posting via an nntp
usenet client :)

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