Since the hole 🕳️ #Discord not taking privacy seriously..

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@stux is IRC really relevant as a chat solution?
(yes, I know there are many servers, and people still use it. and I'm happy for those users) but from what I can tell it's just a very old protocol that people who are used to Discord won't be satisified with both from a feature standpoint and a moderation standpoint.
https://mk.nyaa.place/notes/aiizbuitk2xk02ct

[stux@mstdn.social]

@thibaultmol To be honest, I don't know

There are no working iOS app for one so..

[alex@pawb.fun]

@stux hey, I remember the old old irc.

Cool that there's a new one. I'll have to pop in and bother you say hi then.

[mfr@mastodon.coffee]

@stux @alex irc.. those were the days. Netsplits!
Probably closest to the experience of discord is element/matrix?

[mfr@mastodon.coffee]

@thibaultmol @stux ehm irccloud for one.. mostly an app skin over their web interface, but it works!

[stux@mstdn.social]

@mfr @thibaultmol It required me to create an account so i removed it 😆

[mfr@mastodon.coffee]

@thibaultmol @stux yeah you need that indeed. I've used it since it's creation. Haven't tried it recently but it works really well though

[mfr@mastodon.coffee]

@thibaultmol @stux well I haven’t been on their site for ages I guess. It’s now more a team collab service. Meh

[stux@mstdn.social]

@zewm Yeah i noticed! Im gonna look into it

[zewm@mastodon.social]

@stux 🙌

[alex@pawb.fun]

@mfr @stux probably, yes.

[lightbites@kinkycats.org]

@thibaultmol @stux

https://github.com/ObsidianIRC/ObsidianIRC

https://netsplit.de/

https://ircv3.net/

HTTP is also a really old protocol, but it's still used everywhere and still evolving. IRC lost momentum at some point, but it definitely has potential because of it's flexibility and simplicity. There is no other chat protocol or chat platform currently which can morph as much as IRC. It's not perfect and it's specification can be confusing, but I still believe it's the best option we have currently.

[houtig@mastodon.nl]

@stux I run a teamspeak server for my friends.
Although they are pushing for an account it isn't a requirement. For those discord user maybe a more familiar switch.

[konsi@social.hdr-it.de]

@stux @thibaultmol I’m using a weechat setup for my servers. A little LXC container on my home server allows me to connect from a web interface. The home server is on 24/7 so I have a bouncer for all the messages. WeechatRN is a great iOS app for that.

But to be fair. Not the kind of technology that you are used to. Thinking about setting up a synapse server again for a better chat experience.

[tknarr@mstdn.social]

@stux I just found out that Ventrilo, of all things, is still around. I feel old. But it's old enough that things like AI and age verification just won't be doable with it's codebase.

[ranx@mastodon.social]

@stux wow, IRC !!! I was on there 20+ years ago 😆👍 I remember at the time I loaded a jpilot applet on my Geocities website which connected to my rooms on mircx and DALnet 😄

[luxliquida@critter.cafe]

@stux Isn't Matrix the go-to Discord alternative in the Fediverse? I haven't used it, but I see it mentioned occasionally...

[viq@social.hackerspace.pl]

@stux Zulip! I still want to see/experience it used "in anger". Though, from small tests with a couple of acquaintances, many people are not compatible with how it works 🤷

[petko@social.petko.me]

@stux in my humble opinion discord is seeing mass use not because of lack of IRC servers but because IRC objectively sucks compared to discord. And I'm saying that as an avid IRC user sice its heyday. The absolute worst part of IRC are the IRC clients. They are atrocious both on mobile and on desktop.

[petko@social.petko.me]

@stux IRC is already severely lacking in features but the IRC clients don't usually support even the existing limited featureset...