Internet Relay Chat Still Growing
The numbers go up, not down
Our community uses IRC a great deal - it has helped reduce my E-mail activity to just one outgoing message a day, maybe slightly more. It's very good for decisions and conversations made by more than 2 people (and fast, almost in real time).
Today I checked how many IRC networks are observed and tracked: "There are 531 known IRC networks listed below..."
That's almost 10 more than last month!
Many networks still aren't listed there. It seems like IRC adoption may be growing, at least if measured by the number of networks/servers. But judging by global numbers of users, it seems like more people use IRC than a year ago. Don't believe the doomers. █