▲ 1550 ▼ FLOSS communities right now (i.imgflip.com) submitted 2 years ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 428 comments fedilink hide all child comments 4 pane comic of dolan on the left and spooderman on the right pane 1 (dolan): cum join opensurce cummunity! pane 2 (spooderman): shure! how joyn? pane 3 (dolan): Here discord! (with discord logo) pane 4 (spooderman with tears in eyes): y u do dis?
[+] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -11 points 2 years ago (4 children) Are you against IRC for the same reason? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 years ago IRC isn't controlled by a single (shady) company permalink fedilink source parent [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) IRC allows archiving permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can easily log and archive things that happen on an open protocol, not so much a proprietary one like discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it possible to have a server/channel bot publicly export channel activity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago IRC archivers just idle on a server and record anything that comes by. You can do that with Discord. Matter of fact, I keep regular archive backups of a server we have that's full of news permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You can't search an IRC channel for previous conversations, though? Isn't that what we were talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Servers can be hosted by anyone; there is usually no account needed to join the chat; it would not randomly demand a phone number or an ID; it does not get pissed over people not using a very specific piece of bloated spyware... So nope, not against. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago also, IRC logs are usually public and searchable. that's actually how we got hunter2 permalink fedilink source parent [–] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago You never saw an IRC chatroom archive? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 years ago IRC isn't controlled by a single (shady) company permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) IRC allows archiving permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can easily log and archive things that happen on an open protocol, not so much a proprietary one like discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it possible to have a server/channel bot publicly export channel activity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago IRC archivers just idle on a server and record anything that comes by. You can do that with Discord. Matter of fact, I keep regular archive backups of a server we have that's full of news permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You can't search an IRC channel for previous conversations, though? Isn't that what we were talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can easily log and archive things that happen on an open protocol, not so much a proprietary one like discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it possible to have a server/channel bot publicly export channel activity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago IRC archivers just idle on a server and record anything that comes by. You can do that with Discord. Matter of fact, I keep regular archive backups of a server we have that's full of news permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You can't search an IRC channel for previous conversations, though? Isn't that what we were talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can easily log and archive things that happen on an open protocol, not so much a proprietary one like discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it possible to have a server/channel bot publicly export channel activity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago IRC archivers just idle on a server and record anything that comes by. You can do that with Discord. Matter of fact, I keep regular archive backups of a server we have that's full of news permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You can't search an IRC channel for previous conversations, though? Isn't that what we were talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is it possible to have a server/channel bot publicly export channel activity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Publicly_logged_channels https://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Wikimedia and W3C log their chats with bots developed by themselves. I admit though that I am not expert in this topic, but I know that LiberaChat's policies forbid logging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago IRC archivers just idle on a server and record anything that comes by. You can do that with Discord. Matter of fact, I keep regular archive backups of a server we have that's full of news permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You can't search an IRC channel for previous conversations, though? Isn't that what we were talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oshu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Nobody considers IRC to be a substitute for documentation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Servers can be hosted by anyone; there is usually no account needed to join the chat; it would not randomly demand a phone number or an ID; it does not get pissed over people not using a very specific piece of bloated spyware... So nope, not against. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago also, IRC logs are usually public and searchable. that's actually how we got hunter2 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago also, IRC logs are usually public and searchable. that's actually how we got hunter2 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago You never saw an IRC chatroom archive? permalink fedilink source parent