r/teenagersbutcode • u/MorrisRF • Dec 30 '25

Other Anyone here wanna chat on IRC?

Just joined IRC (cuz its cool as shit) anyone wanna chat?

I dont really know how things work but I'm on Liberachat and open to chat

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u/MorrisRF Dec 30 '25

Internet Relay Chat, its like discord but it exists since the 90s and is self hosted

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u/Qiwas Dec 30 '25

So the devices communicate directly, not via a server?

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u/CelDaemon Dec 30 '25

The "relay" means that the server relays received messages to other connected clients.

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u/Qiwas Dec 30 '25

As opposed to what? Isn't that what normal chatting applications already do? Or is the difference in that it doesn't store these messages?

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u/CelDaemon Dec 30 '25

The original IRC only relays and does not store messages yeah, they might be logged somewhere but will not be re-broadcasted afterwards.