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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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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

most people (and not just young) nowadays are too used to the convenience features provided by services like discord. persistent/saved chat history, media upload and inline previews, etc.

i believe i'm younger than many here, and i honestly find irc hard to use in some cases despite being tech savvy enough.

[-] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Lack of FOSS server software should be a red flag. But the gen Zers largely have a distaste for FOSS -- could not be convinced of the wisdom of using Gnu Octave in school rather than MATLAB.

Official Debian repos only have a Bitlbee plugin for Discord. But that’s only useful to those willing to make the boot-licking compromise of corporate centralisation.

But yes, you are likely spot on. The Tyranny of Convenience is in force and convenience is being prioritised above principles.

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

The core issue with a lot of FOSS software is the GUI is often created by dev types who have no idea how to design a functional UI. If anything they are often the types who actuvely push against good UI in favor of :q! Bull shit no one can ever figure out.

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

But the gen Zers largely have a distaste for FOSS

this is not a generational thing at all. we foss people are the minority, and a very small one. unfortunate but that's the reality we're in.

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