Something like mIRC? If I was to describe it would basically be Discord or [matrix], but I want it more casual - no need for acc, just click a link you are in a chat room (lemmy.ml)

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This weekend, meeting a lot of people, I noticed how hard it is for us to communicate and organize stuff. Some have Instagram, some have X, both are shitty places not designed for group conversation. Some have Discord, some have WhatsApp, some don't use the phone, some have no social media, and everything requires you to either provide an email or phone number, create an account, etc, so I thought maybe it would be easier to have something like an IRC room, but it's been more than 20 years since I last touched IRC and I'm sure there must be newer alternatives around.

Main functionality I'm looking for is casualness (no acc needed) and stored live chat. The ability to pin stuff would be great, maybe create sub rooms and have private chat as well. Do you guys know anything like that?

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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago

Bitchat maybe? Or that one in js, I think meteorchat?

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I gotta move out of lemmy.ml. It took me a while to understand it wasn't "removedat" but "bit chat" :P

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 6 days ago

Well thats a pretty unhelpful automatic replacement lol

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

Dear lord, it even alters the URL. That is so wildly unnecessary.

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Please tell me ML has a whitelist for the obvious ones.

Scunthorpe?

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Of course not xD

The devs:

Is this not clear enough? Slurs are against our code of conduct and the goals of this project. Go to voat or gab if you want to use racist or sexist slurs; we don’t allow them here.

If you dont like it, fork it. Stop bothering us about it, we will never fully remove the slur filter.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/622

Gladly they eventually allowed instances to choose if they want this beyond useless filter or not

[-] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Interesting detail - the word filter is a per-instance side thing. On a foreign instance I can see the original word.

(I don't have a problem with the intent of the filter but I kind of expected that the s-thorpe problem had been fixed by now)

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

Bitchat is BT only?

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, its a ble mesh. No network connection, user account, or central servers, just proximity required.

Pretty popular as a protest helper app as well.

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