I am sure IRC was good for some people, but I can say for me personally it was a net negative and real life was so, so much better. I wish I never used IRC.
I also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.
I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.
This made me really nostalgic about mIRC. I miss Dalnet. The colors of IRC. How fast and reliable it was. The rankings of members and trying to build credibility with the community to move up in the channel.
I don't get IRC - it seems to be antiquated unencrypted live group chats, with no usable clients. Group chats are useless for finding information and for communicating in between 10 ongoing conversations.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 32.1 ms ] threadI also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.
I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.
Fun times.
No wonder we're around here now I guess
Why Real Life is better than IRC (2000)
https://everything2.com/node/e2node/Why%20Real%20Life%20is%2...
(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559266)
Web forums make sense and are searchable.