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0 pointsseba_dos17y ago0 comments

And it never was an IRC client, there was just a somewhat limited bridge you could use to connect your IRC client into Slack network, but never vice-versa.

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j457y ago

Slack is inspired by irc and uses irc's core approach of channels, usernames, messaging, bots, and more.

seba_dos1OP7y ago

And how exactly does that make it an IRC client?

orf7y ago

It doesn't, nobody said it was. Re-read the comment.

seba_dos1OP7y ago

"its no longer an IRC client" definitely implies that it was an IRC client in the past.

j457y ago

Didn't say it was an irc client, but that it's today's (equivalent) of an irc client.

It's kind of laid out like some irc clients, have you used an irc client before?

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j457y ago

Slack is inspired by irc and uses irc's core approach of channels, usernames, messaging, bots, and more.

seba_dos1OP7y ago

And how exactly does that make it an IRC client?

orf7y ago

It doesn't, nobody said it was. Re-read the comment.

seba_dos1OP7y ago

"its no longer an IRC client" definitely implies that it was an IRC client in the past.

j457y ago

Didn't say it was an irc client, but that it's today's (equivalent) of an irc client.

It's kind of laid out like some irc clients, have you used an irc client before?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse