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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Replying to @PLT_cheater @curious_reader
Only because I want more out of it. Tunnel over SSH to a bouncer, which is configured to not suck, etc. It's "one click" for IRC otherwise.
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Replying to @dibblego @curious_reader
Slack cones with that "more" already included, irc requires highly technical work based on shitty technologies that break all the time
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so a mostly-undesirable set of "defaults" What breakage? In my few minutes of slack, it's broken (laughably so) more than 15 years of IRC.
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