Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus from SF to Austin

Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by Sunlis on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:16PM (#5332734)

I fail to see the application for this. The chat looks like a bunch of children posting "dirty words" and laughing behind their random aliases. Not to mention the spamming and general lack of moderation. Please, stop this. You're killing IRC.

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by blakeeb on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:22PM (#5332784)

Context: we met each other, then built it in three days on a bus from SF->Austin. We're working on it!

We want to bring the fun of anonymous IRC group chat to the next generation.

I guarantee it will take more than three days to perfect, but thanks for your comments! :)

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by patejam on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @02:36PM (#5333273)

IRC isn't about being anonymous. Its about having a simple protocol that makes chat portable and easy to make on the fly.

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by nicksergeant on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:20PM (#5332765)

Agreed. Innovation around communication is welcomed and all of that, but this is not doing anything to stop the trolls. Anonymous chat on the internet with no provisions to control spam / garbage = useless.

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by blakeeb on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:37PM (#5332890)

We're deploying troll-proofs by the minute. We went live with this as an MVP. GhostOps are on their way, sticking to agile CD style for this.

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by NateDad on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:20PM (#5332761)

I fail to see how that is different than IRC.

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Re:Show HN: Bringing back IRC, built in three days on a bus ... by ffreire on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:23PM (#5332792)

Depends on the channels you participate in. I tend to stick to the *dev channels, which have always leaned towards civil discussion.

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