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Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes by unsignedint on Friday July 12, 2024 @07:48PM (#40950508)
That's why I said, "Ultimately, it depends on your use case, but IRC's assumptions don't work for me or my peers." If it works for you, great. It doesn't for me. (Believe me, I used to use it a lot back then.)

For one thing, I chat with people not just to chat, but to communicate effectively. IRC simply doesn't provide the functionality that aligns with my use cases. It doesn't meet the expectations I have for such systems right out of the box.

Creating and maintaining bots or workarounds just to communicate effectively isn't high on my list of priorities, given everything else I have to do.

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Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes by drbig on Friday July 12, 2024 @08:13PM (#40950627)
Fair enough.

So less about chat but more about async-first exchange. Sounds like e-mail?

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Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes by unsignedint on Friday July 12, 2024 @08:22PM (#40950685)
Right, and another factor is that I often have to communicate with people in different time zones, sometimes with a 16-17 hour difference. It's nice to have that seamless transition between synchronous and asynchronous communication.
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