Is IRC dead or alive?

Both

dead

Past its peak but not dead

>>57251566
>>57251571
>>57251573
literally this:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/fact.html

>>57251552
hanging on by a thread

>>57251552
waiting to be put out of its misery

I think right now Discord is taking over the role that IRC used to have. Because when you think about it, they're almost the exact same thing.

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>>57251758
>>57251758

I speak 1337

It'll probably never die, but nowadays it's only really used for a specific purpose, like bookz, or by oldfags.

Me, I don't like it. It's pretty unsafe.

both.
Plenty of nets but meh.

Can anyone point me in the direction of some decent IRC channels? Programming, tech, that kind of thing.

>>57254135
it depends what your interests are, if you're into a specific programming language or framework or something chances are itll have a channel on freenode. do you frequent anywhere outside of 4chan? go see if they have an irc presence. you shouldn't have to ask us where to idle

>>57251552
a lot of people still use it for support and programming shit, think pedos use it still, idk

>>57254135
#yourlanguage goes here
Freenodes the largest server

irc is for autistic neckbeards to idle and go out of their way to not help people

>>57251758
i dont fucking get how to use discord right

>>57251552

The funny thing is IRC is more alive than it's ever been thanks to Twitch TV.

>>57251552
Dead on arrival
There has never been a valid reason to use it, certainly not in 2016

so only 1337 haxors use IRC?
There are no more regional channels/servers?

>>57257611
extremely low bandwidth use.

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#bookz
#ebooks

>>57257956

microwaving a cellphone is spoopy af

IRC is mostly only used by tech communities because its not as user friendly as other (newer) forms of communication. But I would still say very alive. 4chan isn't user friendly either, and by its user

IRC is alive and well. Riot.im actually makes it nicer to use on mobile. I do most of my IRC stuff from Riot nowadays.

>>57258438
>Riot.im
What's so good about it?