Nostalgia reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- txture · 2020-03-21 05:14 New here but so happy to see people reminisce about the good days. Its probably been 15 years since opening up IRC but it's what taught me the internet before what it is today. Let's hear some of your fondest memories? Mine were always the Xdcc boys serving up the goods. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pedz · 2020-03-21 08:35 >reminisce I'm still using IRC daily to chat with some friends. The Lounge (and other modern clients) is pretty good for URL preview and looks nice to people used to web apps. >it's what taught me the internet before what it is today. Me too and I'm an old millennial that doesn't really like where the internet is heading. That's why I stayed on IRC. But it also taught me to be self-reliant with software and scripting. mIRC scripts at first but I wanted an eggdrop so I rented a shell, learned how to use the CLI on a BSD system, compile software and script a bit in TCL. >Xdcc boys serving up the goods. Still a thing. You may have closed your client 15 years ago but IRC didn't go anywhere ;-) That's actually what I miss and can reminisce about. When mostly everyone I knew was on IRC. It was the social board of my little town and my region. Some local iconic memes (they were not even memes!) have been popularized on IRC. But now all those people are on some proprietary "modern" platforms where they are just consumers to be pushed ads and influenced. And obviously I'm less fond of this one but it's still something I remember pretty well. [The great DDoS attacks of 2001](https://www.the register.co.uk/2001/07/12/irc_network_comes_under_denial/), and why a lot of people abandoned IRC. Lots of network lost loads of servers as they were hosted by universities and they didn't want to be constantly DDoS for chat. But by its open nature, IRC outlasted ICQ (I know it's still around but...) and MSN Messenger. Soon GTalk/Hangouts and probably Skype. [IRC endures and I'm glad I can still freely use it to chat and exchange memes with my friends!](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/team_chat.png) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- neinne1n99 · 2020-03-21 09:59 I still use irssi or bitchx just bc of nostalgia, I only connect to one server and mostly idle in one channel, but u know — I just have to be there 24/7 😂😂😂 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ExBritNStuff · 2020-03-21 14:05 I met my first wife on IRC from a totally different country, and 99.9% of what my life has become now stemmed from that. I note my first wife because we aren’t together any more, but I still consider it a positive because it lead me to where I am now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- figboot_dev · 2020-03-21 15:50 IRC sounded like fun back in the day. Too bad I didn't exist back then. I do like how many features are standard now, compared to the early 2000s though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-03-21 19:26 Well, I’m new to networking but I just launched my first IRC server last week to connect with some friends privately. I hope that counts :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- peterjpeters · 2020-03-22 03:58 Dont want to share?!?! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-03-22 04:09 I’d love to! Laugh out loud I’m out of town and opened a port for ssh before leaving. Rookie mistake but I configured it to permit password login instead of using keys. I should be alright but I caught a botnet trying to break in and decided to shut it down until I could figure it out so the IRC isn’t up right now. I’m currently using inspircd on a Debian based kernel (cause debian’s better than ubuntu). Nothing too fancy but for my first one, it serves it purpose. I have been fascinated with the idea of controlling my own hardware for things such as irc, my own wireguard etc. I originally wanted to use IRC as a means of communicating with others in a practical and secure way through my minimalist customized distro’s terminal. Couple months of following this sub and here I am now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scott_gc · 2020-03-22 19:39 How old do you have to be to remember the excitement of internet being a brand new think and connecting to the internet by connecting through you land line. The sound that played on the modem speaker as you connected to the internet. Along with newgroups, IRC was one of the first things you could do with this new thing. I get that memory when I log into an IRC server and have the wall of text scroll through with the server welcome information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cities7 · 2020-03-27 10:55 send network info ---------------------------------------------------------------------- txture · 2020-06-03 20:49 .