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Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by axod on Friday August 08, 2008 @12:56PM (#270723)
What problem does Twitter solve that IRC has? :/
Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by bullseye on Friday August 08, 2008 @02:37PM (#270871)
>What problem does Twitter solve that IRC has?

Ego.

Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by william42 on Friday August 08, 2008 @04:34PM (#270997)
Fragmentation, and Chanserv is a steaming pile of shit. That's all I can think of. (But Jabber solves those problems better.)
Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by stcredzero on Friday August 08, 2008 @01:39PM (#270791)
I've tended to log into IRC just to see what goes past. Much like I do when I've logged into Twitter.
Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by khafra on Friday August 08, 2008 @03:42PM (#270952)
I can't IRC from my phone; even mibbit.com doesn't work right.
Re:Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent? by axod on Friday August 08, 2008 @04:03PM (#270974)
What model phone is it?