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A comment on IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf].

Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by TekMol on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:35PM (#22520778)
It totally did not fail. It is the most useful realtime chat for many topics I am interested in:

    #python for the python language
    #php for the php language
    #javascript for the javascript language
    #django for the django framework
    #laravel for the laravel framework
    #symfony for the symfony framework
    #startups for startup stuff
    #css and #webdev for web development
    #mysql for mysql and mariadb
    #math for math related topics
And many more.

Show me any other chat system where you can go online, ask a question and get answers from professionals in the field instantly. I would immediately use it. But there is none.

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Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by DenseComet on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:41PM (#22520809)
Isn't the speed and usefulness of Q&A a function of the community itself and not IRC though? For example, the Matrix devs hang out on many matrix channels and are fast to reply to any questions. Experts over at the hackintosh discord are also very fast to reply and extremely helpful to help troubleshoot issues.
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Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by TekMol on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:01PM (#22520917)
You give two examples of specialized communities.

But only on IRC you can instantly talk about any technology that you are interested in and meet someone with knowledge.

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Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by johannes1234321 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:52PM (#22520868)
The point with IRC is that for some time it was the place where everybody was ... at least till the EFnet/ircnet split and introduction of freenode and all the other networks.
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Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by stijnsanders on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:41PM (#22520810)
Well, there's https://stackexchange.com/ but I guess it has its own set of ails
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Re:IRC – Why It Failed (2018) [pdf] by TekMol on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:01PM (#22520919)
It is a much slower communication medium. And much less personal. I never made a friend on SE/SO. But several on IRC.
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