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- 15Why the downvotes? This isn't a "chat sucks" or "IRC sucks" post. Asking about the difference in functionality between our chat system and some other popular chat system is a totally legitimate meta-chat question, I think. (I would answer, but I've never used IRC.)Pops– Pops2010-10-17 01:27:55 +00:00Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:27
- 4Chat is click and go. There's all sorts of things like starring items and oneboxing. Also rep association etc. It's just a completely different system, and it has a much lower entry point in terms of technical know-how.Peter Ajtai– Peter Ajtai2010-10-17 01:28:39 +00:00Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:28
- 5-1: attracting "Why the downvotes" comments.Shog9– Shog9 Staff2010-10-17 02:34:11 +00:00Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 2:34
- For IRC veterans: irccloud.comSathyajith Bhat– Sathyajith Bhat2010-10-18 00:47:44 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2010 at 0:47
- @Sathya good luck with networks that limit the amount of connections per IP ;)badp– badp2010-10-18 11:45:26 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2010 at 11:45
- 1"What does chat offer that IRC does not?" Less trolls?Christian– Christian2011-04-08 11:24:15 +00:00Commented Apr 8, 2011 at 11:24
- @Christian: As someone who is new to IRC, are you saying that IRC is notoriousSarahofGaia– SarahofGaia2015-11-27 02:05:26 +00:00Commented Nov 27, 2015 at 2:05
- 1@SarahofGaia in general, yes.Christian– Christian2015-11-27 11:49:51 +00:00Commented Nov 27, 2015 at 11:49
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