What will be the future of IRC ? Opinions & Facts reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pareshpawar · 2018-07-16 19:59 I really appreciate the IRC but there are so many options to replace IRC with. What you guys think about future? Btw I love it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TingPing · 2018-07-16 20:02 It will continue to exist roughly in its current form for a while. There needs to be a decent investment in new modern clients and networks to grow beyond that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-16 20:32 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PiezoelectricMammal · 2018-07-16 20:58 XMPP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shnapoopins · 2018-07-16 22:01 Why ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LordGarak · 2018-07-16 22:17 IRC has long been replaced by a long list of chat systems. IRC still lives. It will likely only completely die with the people who grew up with it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NebInNeb · 2018-07-16 22:40 I don't see it, especially Undernet, dying any time soon. While there are better mediums out there for chat, IRC is serves multiple purposes and designed much like the Internet was, if several nodes go down, it is still operating. Plus, look at all the warez, music, porn ebooks that one can find on certain IRC networks. Nope, IRC ain't going no where for quite some time. Of course, the only thing I use it for these days is searching for ebooks, though torrents and another old time function of the internet comes in handy for that, that being usenet. I'm one of those old farts who remember the days of using gopher to find files and using ftp to download them. Say what you will about the older aspects of the 'Net, those old tools can still come in handy. Eve IRC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-16 22:41 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dpflug · 2018-07-16 23:11 There have been alternatives for ages, but IRC has kept chugging along. Still, the populations have been falling. If [IRCv3](https://ircv3.net/) gains enough ground, it might stave that off for a while. I'm not sure there's enough people who understand why it matters to actually drive adoption of a truly decentralized/federated option. Time will tell, I suppose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ChickenOfDoom · 2018-07-16 23:14 We need a popular chat application that is actually decentralized and not owned by a single company. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-16 23:15 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ChickenOfDoom · 2018-07-16 23:16 Well, your opinion is bad ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-16 23:20 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ChickenOfDoom · 2018-07-16 23:23 Which is fine, but the operative word is 'popular'. Effective communication doesn't work if the people you want to communicate with aren't on the same platforms as you. I don't want to be obligated to be on the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Discord etc. just to talk to someone over the internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- damiankw · 2018-07-17 00:31 Agreed, give it another 60 years or so and it will die down unless something great happens with it. Of course, the bots will still live on, so I don't think it will die until all of those legacy systems come offline, which could be a long time after the people who used to drive them die off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheContrarian2 · 2018-07-17 00:47 It seems to me that it evolved into Facebook, Reddit and text messaging and other such venues. It's just that IRC remained purer with text only. But that also holds it back. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- inewsroom · 2018-07-17 01:19 Still prefer IRC for news and data. It's a refuge from the wasteland of crappy sites, apps and photos that people will only look at once. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gatewayy · 2018-07-17 03:11 IRC is still my preferred communications/news avenue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-17 06:42 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- callmeS3TH · 2018-07-19 04:54 Well there you go, getting into the rudimentary coms, I would rather go with the secured ones. OP@I don't see it changing anytime soon on either side of the spectrum, I'd expect it to keep it's config. the same way as it is for the bots and current need/community ,purposes that keeps it alive as is. I think all future is not bright in light of changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PiezoelectricMammal · 2018-07-19 07:47 What's insecure about it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:13 Yeah, they made the choice to keep using it. IRC isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and I really don't think it'll ever die, because it's simple and uses a tiny amount of bandwidth. Sure, the user base will shrink, but as long as the internet exists in some form or fashion, I don't think IRC is going to completely die out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:15 Don't forget FreeNode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-20 19:16 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:19 It isn't completely dead for social purposes; there are a multitude of different channels on different servers, new users keep showing up. The user base isn't what it used to be, but IRC's not dying, at least from what I see. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-20 19:21 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:32 FreeNode hasn't gotten the memo, UnderNet is still chugging along, and SnooNet is doing alright from what I see. As long as open source software is a thing, so will IRC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-20 19:37 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:44 FreeNode is whatever the fuck you want it to be; it isn't just filled with tech channels. There are a pretty good amount of people in various social channels. I guess we have a different point of view on what classifies as a social channel and what does not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-20 19:47 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:52 Wow, you seem to be a very open-minded and accepting person to sum up all of the social channels on FreeNode in such a positive way. /s ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-07-20 19:52 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aethysius · 2018-07-20 19:56 Really? Using the phrases "cocky retards" and "sexual degenerates" indicates that it very much has something to do with this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patchu_Best_2hu · 2018-07-30 01:25 The thing is, you could go to discord which is obviously much easier to use for normal people, however, discord is spyware, meanwhile IRC is less moderated. We just need to raise awareness about internet privacy and more people might decide to switch to IRC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ilovecorntoomuch · 2018-07-30 17:15 There is no future. It's an outdated system for this day and age. For the best, it will get replaced by matrix.org or riot.im. Unfortunately, discord and slack have already mostly taken over. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VersedNJ · 2018-07-31 00:32 The people who say the irc is dying, is an on going thing. I do understand it's not like the 90's and early 2000's where it was riding high. It will be around for sometime. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ajsimz · 2018-07-31 10:04 Don't forget reddit... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ChickenOfDoom · 2018-07-31 19:13 I have never been asked by someone to use reddit chat or pms to communicate. I think it competes more with traditional web forums than any kind of chat application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-08-09 03:20 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YachtRock_SoSmooth · 2018-08-18 16:03 Where do you recommend a good news channel? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- inewsroom · 2018-08-19 09:01 #newsroom on Rizon is a 24/7 live news & trading room. web access also at: http://inewsroom.live ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derpyderpston · 2018-08-28 16:30 Hopefully it can come back but it does need an overhaul. ​ Side note: hexchat is awesome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FlyAsAFalcon · 2018-09-18 02:03 As a protocol, I think that its going to remain active. But as a way of interacting with other people on the internet, I think it's long gone, which is a shame. I could definetly see IRC being a way for people in areas with poor network infustructure to interact. To my knowledge, it's the quickest way to message other people and uses the lowest amount of bandwidth. I'm a little sad that I missed the golden age of IRC.