What's the point of using an IRC Channel reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:41 How is it better than AIM? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:42 You'll have to experience it firsthand for yourself. It's a group chat with lots of variables, separated networks, scripting, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:45 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:48 I'm ... not entirely sure what you mean. How is it a useless protocol unless there's 2048 encryption? Are you trying to trade questionable items? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:49 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:52 I honestly don't believe you understand what IRC is ... or how "channels" work. Have you checked out the wiki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat It's just a chat protocol. There is SSL encryption on most networks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- autowikibot · 2014-01-27 02:52 ##### ###### #### *Here's a bit from linked Wikipedia article about* [***Internet Relay Chat***](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Relay%20Chat) : --- >**Internet Relay Chat** (**IRC**) is a system that facilitates transfer of messages in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server model of networking. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system. These clients are able to communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing. > --- ^Interesting: [^Internet ^Relay ^Chat ^bot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_bot) ^| [^Internet ^Relay ^Chat ^services](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_services) ^| [^Comparison ^of ^Internet ^Relay ^Chat ^clients](http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients) ^| [^List ^of ^Internet ^Relay ^Chat ^commands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _Internet_Relay_Chat_commands) [^(about)](http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/wiki/index) ^| *^(/u/fumyl can reply with 'delete'. Will delete if comment's score is -1 or less.)* ^| ^[**Summon**](http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/co mments/1ux484/ask_wikibot/) ^| [^(flag for glitch)](http://www.reddit. com/message/compose?to=/r/autowikibot&subject=bot%20glitch&message=%0A context:http://www.reddit.com/r/irc/comments/1w8uz3/whats_the_point_of _using_an_irc_channel/cezqvmn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-01-27 02:55 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XxXNightstalkerX · 2014-01-27 02:58 AIM Doesn't have channels and is mostly used to connect to a specific single person at a time. IRC channels you can join channels related to whatever it is you want and talk with other people who joined those channels.