They’re dead as social media; all anyone uses them for is piracy these days and not to, you know… Talk to people.
I think IRC could be made more appealing pretty easily though. Just make a client for it with a slick UI and features like Discord has (like voice and video chat, not simply text), and then allow any Nitro-like shit for free.
I don’t think irc and usenet is dead. It’s still used a lot for piracy.
I think it comes to down to the definition of “dead”. Both are certainly dead for the reasons they were created.
They’re dead as social media; all anyone uses them for is piracy these days and not to, you know… Talk to people.
I think IRC could be made more appealing pretty easily though. Just make a client for it with a slick UI and features like Discord has (like voice and video chat, not simply text), and then allow any Nitro-like shit for free.