Definitely some valid points. I mentioned in another article that IRC is a bit unique compared to other chat platforms in that lurking is expected. As such, there are a lot of systems in place to allow better async communication on IRC - MemoServ, chatbot !tell features, IRC relays. As for me, I'm on about 10-12 hours a day, but because I'm culturally not expected to answer anything right away, I feel safer ignoring it than even Twitter.
As to keeping track of conversations, that's why we have IRC logs. One grep and I can find anything I'm looking for.
But, I can also see how IRC can be limiting for async conversations. You don't usually expect to get an answer to a question two days after the fact, and it isn't uncommon for a question to get lost in the backlog in particularly busy rooms.
I still say it has a place, but it's no replacement for, say, Discourse.
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Definitely some valid points. I mentioned in another article that IRC is a bit unique compared to other chat platforms in that lurking is expected. As such, there are a lot of systems in place to allow better async communication on IRC - MemoServ, chatbot
!tellfeatures, IRC relays. As for me, I'm on about 10-12 hours a day, but because I'm culturally not expected to answer anything right away, I feel safer ignoring it than even Twitter.As to keeping track of conversations, that's why we have IRC logs. One
grepand I can find anything I'm looking for.But, I can also see how IRC can be limiting for async conversations. You don't usually expect to get an answer to a question two days after the fact, and it isn't uncommon for a question to get lost in the backlog in particularly busy rooms.
I still say it has a place, but it's no replacement for, say, Discourse.