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    5 hours ago

    Internet Relay Chat. It was developed in the late 1980s or early 1990s, I dont remember which. Its still going. I’m using it daily.

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        4 hours ago

        You don’t need to register… but, this is where things get complicated… First you need a IRC client (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IRC_clients), doesn’t really matter which one, some are more simple, some are not. Some look nice, some dont.

        When you have a IRC client, you need to find a IRC network (https://netsplit.de/networks/top100.php), then you have to connect to that network.

        Then you have to find a channel in that network to connect to and then you can start chatting. Note that all networks have their own channels. For example if theres a #India channel on Quakenet, that is different from the #India channel in IRCnet etc.

        Edit: A lot of IRC networks have a webchat possibility, for example Quakenet has one, https://webchat.quakenet.org/ Put in a username, write a channel you wish to join and click “join chat”