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Re:X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and l... by xnorswap on Thursday April 23, 2026 @02:22PM (#47879419)
I read "We are investing heavily in XChat" and was really confused for a second, having used xchat as my main IRC client back in the day.

I hadn't realised that it was now long defunct, with its last release in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XChat_(IRC_client)

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Re:X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and l... by 0x10ca1h0st on Friday April 24, 2026 @03:25AM (#47886801)
The nostalgia. I did not much use XChat, but did use custom IRC clients like irssi that were capable of backdooring MSN chat rooms and had the ability to utilize many custom scripts.
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