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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/IRC@lemmy.cafe

I visited a university recently and brought up IRC in a conversation. Some students did not know what it was and some said “that’s for old people”. So, that’s the genz perception. I wonder to what extent that’s true.. what proportion of IRC users on the notable networks are genz.

I have doubts, because it seems there are still snot nose trolls demonstrating that children are still around. But it would be interesting to have some reliable stats.

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[-] goreverminski@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Well, I've seen it first-hand. The irc server cluster I've been uninterrupted on since the early 00's has dwindled from 25-ish to 2. I think the userbase has shrunk from tens of thousands to a couple hundred. We might as well pretend IRC no longer exists. Do wish that it would.

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