In the long term I think it's important to build open protocols, which is why im lately interested in the crypto space, they build protocols
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Replying to @curious_reader
IRC already supersedes the proprietary nonsense in functionality. So why did programmers fall for it?
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Replying to @dibblego
My guess is SLACK has better support for emoji




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Replying to @curious_reader
Slack is once more proprietary nonsense that doesn't work. IRC works fine (better) on mobile clients. Emojis is the "improvement"?
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Replying to @dibblego
But it's not a programmers phenomena per se. Humans are just overwhelmed with the complexity of software and the other 7 billion people on
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Replying to @curious_reader
Programmers are wooed by fashion easily. In many other contexts, this blatant gullibility is not tolerated profoundly.
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Replying to @dibblego @curious_reader
I only ever use irc, but Slack is much easier to use on both mobile and desktop and has some great features irc will never have.
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Replying to @PLT_cheater @curious_reader
I genuinely do not understand how it can be said that it is easier. What features? Pretty pictures?
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Replying to @dibblego @curious_reader
You literally need just one click to gave it on your phone or pc, uncluding the full necessary backend. irc is super involved in comparison.
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Lotsa features incl persistent searchable history, user+access mgmt, integration, notifications, an equivalent of a bnc, and yes pictures.
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except the "pretty" pictures
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