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Why is IRC still used? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by ajr@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You can't even see the history in many channels.

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[–] Azure@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Because there are a multitude of clients that work with it. it's open. It's not a walled garden. You aren't stuck in yet another horrid browser app.

Also for some purposes the lack of history can be an advantage. For a channel that's real-time social interaction, people coming and going and only having access to the things that happened when they were there can be a positive.