I found myself loving what this guy writes about IRC, and I think a lot of his words will go straight to the heart of specially the older nerds here on Lemmy.

Hope you enjoy.

  • @AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
    4•11 months ago

    Still use IRC but it gets really clunky / complicated when you want to have push notifications / persistent history etc… You end up setting up something like ZNC (IRC Bouncer) to act as an always online server and then hooking clients to it persist your online status.

    • Max-PEnglish
      3•11 months ago

      It works out of the box and completely painlessly with The Lounge.

      It web based so some might not be a fan, but for mobile use it’s pretty great. Just install as PWA on Android or iOS and it’s pretty seamless.

      • @1984OPEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        It looks nice. But I assume it’s sending messages in clear text? Im using Element a bit (https://element.io/) but it doesn’t feel as fun as Lemmy. I guess it can be great for general chatting in real time though.

        • Max-PEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          It’s an IRC client, so yes everything is plain text. IRC is a very basic protocol, no encryption or anything other than TLS for your connection to the server.