Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world whoareu @lemmy.ca 1mo ago

Which IRC servers do you use regularly?

I personally use libera.chat because it's the most active IRC server out there. is there any other active servers? I found this website to search for different IRC servers https://netsplit.de/networks/

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I don’t use much lately because I’m usually on mobile and I don’t like using IRC with an intermittent connection.

But libera.chat is the one I log on to when I do. I would be curious about servers and channels that offer something different: most are about technology.
- Please consider taking a look at the lounge. It's a self hosted solution that you access thru the web. It's solved that problem for me since it is always running on the server. If you have a Raspberry Pi you can use that or a VPS.
- I’d also be interested in learning about IRC servers that were more social and less technology driven.
- have a look at quassel for persistent IRC connectivity and quasseldroid for mobile client access back to your quassel instance.
Hi, what's an IRC?
- IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It's basically like discord where you can talk to people online but it's very old. check out https://libera.chat if you haven't experienced IRC before it would be a good starting point :D
  
  you can read more about it on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC
  
  Discord also retains chat history. When you join a channel on IRC, you don't see any of the previous chat history.
  
  The great thing about IRC is that it's not owned by a corporation. If you're interested in a modern open standard that has the same features as Discord, check out Matrix
  
  Think of IRC as a spiritual parent to discord. The big advantage for discord comes from media - embedding images easily on the server, reaction, voice chat and screen sharing.
  
  It does make one wonder what would have happened if IRC had implemented some of that functionality back in say the 90s/00s.
  
  Thanks!
- I always used to hang out on WorldIRC... but Undernet was the biggest one back in the day
How about oftc.net?
- I haven't really used it but I will try it next time I open Konversation.
I'm in #dosgameclub on AfterNET every day
I never used IRC. I tried to get into it once but never figured out how to make it work.
- well it's really easy.
  
  just go to https://libera.chat
  
  then press connect
  
  now press webchat
  
  bam you are connected to server and now can chat about your favourite topic :D
  
  What about signing up? Is there no such thing as an account there?
  
  Also what about mobile?
- IRC is an open standard. No one owns it, so anyone can make a client. Discord, is locked down and proprietary. One of the benefits of this is that they can onboard users with a refined experience. IRC requires newcomers to do a bit of homework to choose an IRC client and choose a network/server.
Only irchighway these days. Gotta get my book fix in.

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