Who you communicating with?

@jaylar (3667)
Kingston, Jamaica
October 20, 2024 12:33pm CST
Years ago there was something called IRC (Internet Relay Chat). About everyone used a nick so you kind of had to read their comments to get the level of their connection, knowledge, etc. One day this user comes on and starts to attack askbill about what he posted. Everyone there was cracking up. WE knew he was Bill Gates but the user, thinking he knew everything was lecturing askbill on Windows. One of us got fed up and told the user who he was talking to, and the user disputed, and so he was hit with some hacks which not only kicked him off but kept him off. The incident became a major discussion at PCJ (Personal Computers Jamaica). From then, I check the content of the post before I make any assertions. No one else seems to.
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
21 Oct 24
I don't know IRC. I'm always here in mylot , messenger and in an online dating site.
@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
22 Oct 24
@jaylar Thanks for info. Now i know what is IRC.
@jaylar (3667)
• Kingston, Jamaica
22 Oct 24
@cabuyogty you are welcome
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@jaylar (3667)
• Kingston, Jamaica
21 Oct 24
IRC was a very 1988. It is rarely used today
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 24
There are times when I am writing something I check through at least three sources before I commit to any decisions about what I want to mention in my article,
@jaylar (3667)
• Kingston, Jamaica
20 Oct 24
sometime I am posting about something I know for a fact, I was there... and give details. and idiots still attack me.
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@Rimps85 (3204)
• India
20 Oct 24
oh yes, I remember IRC.....there was a platform called mIRC, where I used to chat and was also ADMIN of a room....I guess, it was around 1997-99
@jaylar (3667)
• Kingston, Jamaica
20 Oct 24
in the early days a portion of people used it and most were very polite and knowedgeable