Just found this sub - didn't realise IRC still had a following!
reddit / irc

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Bloomingfails · 2022-02-15 17:12

I spent a LOT of time on IRC when I was much younger...  in fact on a
very old, very crude (and cringey!) web site I made back in 1996/1997
(that I found still lives on thanks to the Wayback Machine) I found my
old 'Beginners Guide to IRC'.  I spent many a late night on IRCNet
(does that still exist?).

Below is one of the screengrabs I used in my guide, featuring a very
youthful looking Khaled. IRC opened the world to me back then... I was
a very shy and awkward 15 year old and made a ton of friends over IRC,
including my first ever girlfriend (who I did meet in the real world
too - she was real, promise!).

Going to log on and see if any of the channels I used to visit still
exist.  Will be very surprised if they do!

https://preview.redd.it/3bh566sz21i81.png?width=688&format=png&auto=we
bp&s=d1886996e16f921d49a52a33cc50cf079d964e5c

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masturkiller · 2022-02-15 19:26

IRCnet is still alive and well albeit not like it was in your time.

irc.us.ircnet.net:6697

http://www.ircnet.info

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hippiesue · 2022-02-15 23:04

I used to spend hours on mirc... I think I'll go check it out and look
for some web dev channels.

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djDef80 · 2022-02-16 01:33

Don't go online with 4.72 mIRC! :)

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thischildslife · 2022-02-16 02:50

Welcome back!  :)

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AoedeSong · 2022-02-16 21:23

Lol are you, me?

I was all over Efnet way back when as a young teenager, and eventually
met my first “boyfriend” there too, gah.. haha :) every now and then I
find a live server and check out the old rooms, but find mostly just
bots…

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Bloomingfails · 2022-02-16 21:44

I’ve not visited my old rooms… at my age now I could get in trouble if
I go to #teenfun and start throwing the ‘a/s/l’ around. Lol.

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AoedeSong · 2022-02-16 22:56

Hahahaha Omg I had a whole section on my website (circa 1997 & now
only viewable on wayback machine too, of course) labeled “a/s/l” and
the first line was “no, I won’t date you” ahhh those were simpler
times 😂

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zedSuperior · 2022-03-01 17:07

IRCnet is still striving somewhat. I used to always spend hours on
there discussing pokemon cards

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ryanov · 2022-03-17 03:30

I too used to hang out in #teenfun in 1996 or so. I was trying to
figure out if there was anything written about it or if I could find
anyone else.