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		Dalewyn on April 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Almost no one cares if your site is not on social ... IRC is not a website. Speaks a lot as to the changing sands of time.

dagw on April 5, 2024 | [–]

IRC is not a website.

Neither is WhatApp, Discord, Slack and many of the other ones mentioned (yes you can interact with them via a website, but the same is true for IRC)

outime on April 5, 2024 | [–]

Yeah, you're right, even though we could say the same about Signal and others. In my defense, I know [1] very well - it's not a website!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39689796

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