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0 pointstheshrike791y ago0 comments

The biggest weirdness on IRC compared to all other platforms is that you NEED to be online 24/7 with your client or you'll miss stuff. There is no "backlog" except for the one you see yourself.

On the other hand it's a good thing, people can't just join and scroll down 10 years of chat history.

But you'll also be completely unfindable unless your client is online.

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LinuxBender1y ago

In addition to the bots others mentioned, there are web front-ends to provide scrollback. Convos [1a], TheLounge [2a], KiwiIRC+KiwiBNC [3]

I prefer to instead run irssi+otr in a GNU screen session from a random VM/VPS provider. Most others prefer tmux. I'm just stuck in the past I suppose for using GNU screen.

[1a] - https://github.com/convos-chat/convos/

[1b] - https://convos.chat/

[2a] - https://github.com/thelounge

[2b] - Demo: https://demo.thelounge.chat/#/connect

[3] - https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc

r6181y ago

screen, or `nohup` (at least in bash) ^)

cassianoleal1y ago

There used to be whole websites dedicated to archiving IRC channels. Last time I tried to find one, I couldn't. It's a shame, really. It used to work as a forum you could go back to and find answers.

theshrike79OP1y ago

Yea all major channels used to run logger bots for themselves at least.

Then there were a few "unofficial" ones that just came in and lurked without telling anyone they were logging everything and publishing it on the internet. A bit of a breach of trust IMO.

cassianoleal1y ago

These had always been public channels. Saying it's a breach of trust that an unofficial archive exists feels a bit heavy-handed. It's like complaining about the web archive.

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stonogo1y ago

If I can suggest a different perspective: that lack of scrollback is what makes IRC special. When you join a channel, instead of just scrolling back to whatever topic you care about and joining the subthread, you get caught up on what you missed by engaging with the channel instead. It drives community this way.

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LinuxBender1y ago

In addition to the bots others mentioned, there are web front-ends to provide scrollback. Convos [1a], TheLounge [2a], KiwiIRC+KiwiBNC [3]

I prefer to instead run irssi+otr in a GNU screen session from a random VM/VPS provider. Most others prefer tmux. I'm just stuck in the past I suppose for using GNU screen.

[1a] - https://github.com/convos-chat/convos/

[1b] - https://convos.chat/

[2a] - https://github.com/thelounge

[2b] - Demo: https://demo.thelounge.chat/#/connect

[3] - https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc

r6181y ago

screen, or `nohup` (at least in bash) ^)

cassianoleal1y ago

There used to be whole websites dedicated to archiving IRC channels. Last time I tried to find one, I couldn't. It's a shame, really. It used to work as a forum you could go back to and find answers.

theshrike79OP1y ago

Yea all major channels used to run logger bots for themselves at least.

Then there were a few "unofficial" ones that just came in and lurked without telling anyone they were logging everything and publishing it on the internet. A bit of a breach of trust IMO.

cassianoleal1y ago

These had always been public channels. Saying it's a breach of trust that an unofficial archive exists feels a bit heavy-handed. It's like complaining about the web archive.

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stonogo1y ago

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