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[–]whistlepig 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's harder to find normal people to talk to online anymore

So true... I've actually been going back to irc this year.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Are there people still on IRC that chat instead of just fileshare? How'd you find them?

[–]whistlepig 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There are the same ones that have always existed... shared interest is the easy one.. like on freenode, I'm on #linux, #hardware, #reprap, #noagenda etc etc.. For example, right this moment on #reprap they're talking about wikipedia. So people aren't always 100% on topic.

But ... this model works well for other things that IRC doesn't or I wouldn't be here. ;]

[–]muyuu 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm so tired of the preachy politics era we live in. I really miss IRC but to be fair I'm just interacting with people much less. Not only platforms get lost, but people either vanish from conversations, or get radicalised, or just cocoon themselves and just keep a facade online.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good to know some of the old communities are still kicking on IRC