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Re:IRCv3 by dewey on Sunday October 11, 2026 @06:43AM (#50041740)
I've been using https://www.irccloud.com for years, it takes care of all these things and also has an app / push notifications. It's still IRC, but it takes care of a lot of the annoying parts of it that made it feel dated.
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Re:IRCv3 by 9dev on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:30PM (#50046934)
If you make IRC centralised like this, you’re taking everything away that makes it IRC. You could build the same thing with XMPP, Matrix, or Signal.
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Re:IRCv3 by dewey on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:37PM (#50046997)
It's as centralized as everyone running their znc on Hetzner. It's mostly just a bouncer with a nice web interface (Like The Lounge) and a rudimentary app for people who want to pay someone to run this setup. You'd still connect to Libera and other networks and there's zero lock in.
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