PlexSheep comments on Guess I'm an internet boomer...

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

It has usability problems (can't even fucking write a newline

, no voice chat, file uploads only with third party links, no screen sharing, no end to end encryption). As a zoomer, I'm not surprised it didn't catch on with younger generations compared to easy messengers.

It's still kinda cool tho.

Not to mention that you don't get messages from when you were offline and that by default no login system exists without a bot to handle that stuff.

Correct me where I'm wrong, I'd be happy if irc is actually amazing.

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You're right that it does lack the luxuries that makes discord better, especially video clip and picture sharing in channels.
There were ways to set up something called an IRC bouncer, which acted like a middle layer or puppet between you and IRC network allowing that to receive messages and the like while you were physically offline.
And for everything else you'd just send the files directly to whoever you wanted to share it with. Cumbersome, not to mention the pain port forwarding used to be.
Regarding screen sharing, back when IRC was king, the bandwidth wasn't even really there for that. I guess one would use a VNC server/client or some other remote desktop application if that was needed.

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[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. I understand that the limitations were less relevant when it was at its high, but it's 2025 and those features are now common place and essentials, at least something like directly embedding images and using new

Lines.

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