People on IRC posting imgur links gives me the opportunity to accept or decline (usually based on their reputation, the channel's response, or my boredom). If I wanted to be constantly barraged with images, I would have stayed using Facebook and Twitter. > Additionally not being able to share images as a feature? I guess everyone will do the three step upload to imgur first. If you are on IRC, dont let the shiny and newer take you out from IRC. Nowadays the internet guy is not a "nerd" anymore. There was a time when only the nerds understood what internet really was. The web really exploded when the smartphone came and apps like facebook came also and made the average people go online and understand what internet was for. Which is alright, in the end they are just the average people that wont put effort to learn nonclickable platforms like IRC. Looks like average people need apps that are simpler to use than IRC, apps that allow them to promote their profile to the next level, have followers and likes statistic. The internet has been inundated with the "average" people who unfortunately are not interested in "aplications" like mIRC/irssi/bitchX. Back then people used to engage a lot more before they became curios to put a face on a nickname. Different from the newer trendier platforms. IRC was a time people had to ask for a picture. The basis of old internet protocols are simple, open and powerfulĪnd as the article points out, irc has no face. Its simple to program on and a lot can be done above it. There will always be new platforms like slack, discord, gitter, and whatever.
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