[llvm-dev] RFC: Moving toward Discord and Discourse for LLVM's discussions

[Zachary Turner via llvm-dev]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 4:58 PM Kristina Brooks via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> But IRC itself (from the client perspective) is a very simple
> protocol, there are many user friendly alternatives including web IRC
> clients. The key point is flexibility, since with IRC it's possible to
> pick a flow that suits your needs, especially if you're a heavy IRC
> user (I'll admit, I'm slightly biased towards IRC). Due to its long
> history, there's great flexibility that comes with regards to client
> choices and use patterns. Discord, officially, only provides one which
> is their web client (either in-browser or shipped on the Electron
> platform) and no interoperability options, meaning that it will
> require additional fragmentation and an additional client to pay
> attention to.
>

We can spin this many different ways, but at the end of the day, IRC is not
"user friendly" by any stretch of the imagination for the general public.
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