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hmokiguess • today at 2:26 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Signal to noise ratio is such a frustrating problem to solve.

I really wish you succeed and I will take whoever claims that space if they manage to do it right, I am burnt out from all messaging apps and utterly dissatisfied with where things are.

I wish we stayed on IRC, that was peak.


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solyin • today at 2:33 PM

No it wasn't. If you didn't have an irc bouncer there was no scrollback, mod abuse was rampant, netsplits were just a thing we accepted. It didn't work on mobile because they didn't exist back then. I'm not saying what we have today is any better, but let's not look at IRC with rose-tinted glasses and think it didn't have room to improve.

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dustfinger • today at 4:56 PM

There are still lots of projects using IRC by the way. It is light weight and simple. Checkout https://libera.chat/.