It was a collection of silly quotes from IRC channels everywhere, many of which dated back to the 90s. It was rarely ever updated in the 2010s, but now, the URL no longer resolves.

Last capture was July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000000*/bash.org

EDIT Someone archived all the quotes on the Internet Archive.

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Not centralised for a start. Think of it like ā€˜federated Discordā€™.

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I have used both, aside from the monetisation (Nitro), Discord (and Slack) has a lot more functionality. Not sure itā€™s ā€˜correctā€™ to say that people are stupid because they prefer a 21st century version of IRC.

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Matrix stack would be the 21st century equivalent. Discord is just another Skype - entirely a proprietary product that you donā€™t operate yourself. Fine for corporate use where people donā€™t care about longevity because itā€™s not their problem or interest, but trash for everything else.

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I just searched for ā€œMatrix stackā€ but Iā€™m none-the-wiser, what is it?

Right, you donā€™t run the thing yourself at a program level, but you can create and moderate channels as you wish, which is what most people want. Sounds like the Windows v Linux argument, just because a lot of people prefer something doesnā€™t mean we have to shit on it. Discord seems to work well with lots of integration (including on consoles) and fulfils its purpose pretty well from what I can tell.

trash for everything else

How?

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Also, IRC doesnā€™t constantly try to throw ā€œupgradesā€ (Nitro) in your face every single moment that it gets.

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Matrix?

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