This video’s so good at talking about IRC’s history—like, from when it started as a student project in 1988 to being this early chat tool where no single group controlled it. It explains all the important stuff too—those big splits, how it changed people’s online lives—and now I finally get why IRC was such a big deal back then!

Honestly, I don’t think IRC’s decline is a failure at all. It basically made way for apps like Discord, right? And its simple, user-run feel still feels more real than all the flashy platforms we have now.

Ever used IRC back in the day? Or do you think modern tools lost that special charm IRC had?