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'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives (www.techradar.com)
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[–] AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

IRC :(

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No voice/video calling, no screen sharing, no persistent chat history.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 36 minutes ago

Sometimes you need to accept using more than one piece of software. And IRC can have persistent chat history.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Is IRC still a thing? I havnt used it since 2006. I'd love to see it again

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 minutes ago

Yep, still on it.

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 hours ago

It is. Also widely bridged with Matrix.