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rinze@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does IRC do voice nowadays? I think that is the main reason people use Discord

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  • ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean does the 80s-based protocol that doesn’t even support encryption support voice?

    It doesn’t support having messages received while you were offline

    IRC supports one and one thing only: N-wise chats to connected clients. That and delusional nerds who like to think they’re better than everyone else

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mumble exists

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    • ulkesh@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find there is no shortage of delusional nerds who like to think they’re better than everyone else. Even here on Lemmy.

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  • rinze@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you mean that in some channels only some people can actually “talk”, I think it depends on the configuration of the channel, but it’s a possibility.

    I thought people used Discord because you could have video / audio chats (not sure about this, I’ve used it very sparsely.)

    And then there are Open Source projects that use Discord as the documentation repository. Hell is a place on the Internet, apparently.

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    • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Discord became popular because it’s a more convenient integration of audio chat for gaming, with text chat: no need to set up a server (like TeamSpeak or Mumble).

      People using Discord for official documentation, or bug reporting, are in a circle of hell just slightly below the ones doing the same on Reddit. Community support… they may get a pass.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      they meant voice chat, audio

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      • rinze@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re right, I completely misinterpreted the comment. The thing is that “voice” is a very specific term within IRC, and I got confused :D

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    • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I mean audio chats (voice is short for voice chat). I think the video calls are not used as much, but are still a good feature. I’ll probably try Revolt (someone linked it below)

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  • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I figured that was still the case, but would have been pleasantly surprised if it wasn’t. I don’t really keep up on IRC these days

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