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Re:IRC v3 by jbk on Sunday October 09, 2016 @10:52AM (#12671439)
> Syncing that somehow across all servers in an IRC network, across netsplits and everything, is far from simple.

Yes, it's not simple. But it's not impossible to do. And yes, it might not work in 100% of cases, after netsplits, but so what?

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Re:IRC v3 by daenney on Sunday October 09, 2016 @11:04AM (#12671494)
That matters a lot. Inconsistent history is a problem and leads to all kinds of communication issues and misunderstandings.

You said you agreed on A

No I edited it later to say that I meant I was in favour of B

Oh, I never saw that edit...

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Re:IRC v3 by jbk on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:34PM (#12671924)
That's exactly the same on Slack, and people like it.
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