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the sad thing about this is what made it magical before was the people that were on there, and it’s impossible to get that back now!

endre 1y ago
same with IRC except IRC never went down.
- Bluestein 1y ago
  ... and never will :) Spaceships bearing our genes will still beam IRC from somewhere down deep in engineering.-
  - stevenAthompson 1y ago
    What would be the purpose of launching a decaying lump of monkey meat into space when the AI can explore just as well with a tiny fraction of the mass requirements? I'd wager that it will be AI's using IRC from space, but IPv6 still won't have replaced IPv4. :)
    - Bluestein 1y ago
      > wager that it will be AI's using IRC from space, but IPv6 still won't have replaced IPv4. :) You are indeed totally correct on all points! (But IRC it will be :)
- anthk 1y ago
  Ditto with Usenet albeit there's always cool people there.
- mmmlinux 1y ago
  no but apparently you can have some kind of coup on one of the most popular servers and cause a huge dent in it...
thedanbob 1y ago
Yup, they can probably rebuild ICQ the way it was when I was 16 but they can't make me 16 again.
- bulte-rs 1y ago
  Hmmm… my wife constantly reminds me that I behave like a 16 y/o child. Perhaps ICQ should be reborn!
  - ta12653421 1y ago
    Attention: Incoming divorce/separation detected, find shelter soon!
5- 1y ago
what made it magical was us being younger. likewise, it's very likely impossible to get that back.
btucker 1y ago
Also, it was a time when being “online” was an active state. Now we’re “online” passively 24/7.
- sylens 1y ago
  Yes, this is it. "Logging on" and "Logging off" were explicit actions that you took as part of your day, instead of just being perpetually connected and reachable.
  - jackvalentine 1y ago
    The internet used to live in a room.
ocdtrekkie 1y ago
The invitation to join the project's Discord is magical. That's... where all your friends are now anyways.

endre 1y ago

same with IRC except IRC never went down.

Bluestein 1y ago
... and never will :) Spaceships bearing our genes will still beam IRC from somewhere down deep in engineering.-
- stevenAthompson 1y ago
  What would be the purpose of launching a decaying lump of monkey meat into space when the AI can explore just as well with a tiny fraction of the mass requirements? I'd wager that it will be AI's using IRC from space, but IPv6 still won't have replaced IPv4. :)
  - Bluestein 1y ago
    > wager that it will be AI's using IRC from space, but IPv6 still won't have replaced IPv4. :) You are indeed totally correct on all points! (But IRC it will be :)
anthk 1y ago
Ditto with Usenet albeit there's always cool people there.
mmmlinux 1y ago
no but apparently you can have some kind of coup on one of the most popular servers and cause a huge dent in it...

thedanbob 1y ago

Yup, they can probably rebuild ICQ the way it was when I was 16 but they can't make me 16 again.

bulte-rs 1y ago
Hmmm… my wife constantly reminds me that I behave like a 16 y/o child. Perhaps ICQ should be reborn!
- ta12653421 1y ago
  Attention: Incoming divorce/separation detected, find shelter soon!

5- 1y ago

what made it magical was us being younger. likewise, it's very likely impossible to get that back.

btucker 1y ago

Also, it was a time when being “online” was an active state. Now we’re “online” passively 24/7.

sylens 1y ago
Yes, this is it. "Logging on" and "Logging off" were explicit actions that you took as part of your day, instead of just being perpetually connected and reachable.
- jackvalentine 1y ago
  The internet used to live in a room.

ocdtrekkie 1y ago

The invitation to join the project's Discord is magical. That's... where all your friends are now anyways.