IRC is the only viable chat protocol (2022)
Discord haters look, it is simple.<p>Until Discord appeared we had<p>Ventrilo, Mumble, TeamSpeak, Skype, etc, etc<p>I&#x27;ve been using those for like 10 years almost everyday<p>They had voice chat, some had viable text chat, etc, etc.<p>And then Discord appeared which had:<p>Voice Chat,<p>Good text chat (images, code snippets, emojis, reactions, etc)<p>Streaming Video (!!)<p>File share<p>Robust bot integration<p>Lack of security problem unlike the self-hosted alternatives have.<p>This one is important in gaming communities in e.g MMORPG games cuz there&#x27;s nothing better than being DDoSd cuz you left team or because you talked to somebody on wrong TeamSpeak server 5 months ago :)<p>Push2Talk - this is also important, I dont understand how e.g Teams dont have this shit.<p>Imagine you&#x27;re working on remote with kids in the background - having an ability to push button and talk is really useful! So you don&#x27;t have constantly mute&#x2F;unmute yourself! Gamers have been doing it for over 2 decades but with the parents in the background instead of kids<p>One account between all servers with ability to customize your identity<p>All of that in one solution. That won its market.<p>Provide something as innovative and robust as Discord and people may consider switching.<p>__________________<p>I know that IRC&#x27;s simplicity may be beautiful for hacker&#x27;s mind, but it doesn&#x27;t solve my problems nor make my life easier, so I&#x27;m not going to use it over Discord.