Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA

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Everyone switch to IRC, quick!

mIRC/IRC is still going, right? Haven’t used that in probably a decade.

As someone who has most of her socialization on IRC now... Eww, mIRC is proprietary and for Windows. Maybe it's just me having learned about IRC only a couple years ago and thus not having a sentimental attachment, but why use it if you have open-source ones like Hexchat, Irssi or Weechat?

I used mIRC for years, but as the days have marched on, XChat replaced it, and then irssi, and finally weechat on SSH.

For me, mIRC had a clunky but useful script editor included that 14 year old me spent countless hours creating little chatbots with

Mostly for tech communities but yes. Libera.Chat seems to be the go-to network.