Does anyone use Internet relay chat - IRC?

February 6, 2009 9:04am CST
I am just getting into setting up my own website and getting people to it from search engines. I was (last night) recommended to start to use IRC - as I was told this would help me alot. Does anyone out there use IRC? What is it all about and how could it benefit my webpage?
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aisaellis22
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Hello SeANi0W! I have heard and seen the IRC - but honestly, I never tried that. I am using yahoo messenger all my life. I am curious about IRC though. What do you think is the different between messenger and IRC?
SeANi0W
@SeANi0W (79)
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2 Mar 09
Hi, Hope you are well.. I decided not to go for the IRC in the end didnt seem as if it would help me as much as I thought. I think the main difference of of the two (IRC and Messenger), Messenger has more follows, and with email, blog and loads of virtual hard drive space, pepole have stuck with Messenger and have been drawn away from IRC. Stick with Messenger.... Im sure all your contacts will too!
rodveiga
@rodveiga (333)
• Portugal
6 Feb 09
I used to chat a lot, on portuguese channels. I even got a room, where I joined several personal friends. It was several years ago. With Messaging, Pidgin, etc, IRC lost fame, become an unused "toy".
SeANi0W
@SeANi0W (79)
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6 Feb 09
seem to be getting that from alot of people (here and on other forums - that it is old and not many people who have commented saying that they use it anymore. I still have got it yet .. I might not bother tho if I get any more comment like this... seems like no one bothers with it no more!!!
zweeb82
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
10 Feb 09
Wow!~ IRC is still going strong? I was on that like about 12 years ago? I don't IRC anymore now. The trend in our place was 1st IRC, then ICQ, then Friendster, Facebook, etc, I guess the list never ends? Haha
Hoshi_Reed
@Hoshi_Reed (257)
• Brazil
26 Jul 10
It is a chatting environment. What is good about it is that there are multiple clients available to chat. You can even have a Java version on your website. The java version doesn't allow file sharing though. I've never heard advice to put it on a webpage to benefit it but I guess if you can get a bunch for regulars daily it can increase your hit count. Most people don't use it to chat though... WE use it for "other" things.