@mdfrg @vertigo @awilfox It's a chat application

Anything you definitely need to archive should be done through email, anything else will be in chat logs, and file sharing should be done via network share like a rational person

@troubleMoney @mdfrg @vertigo @awilfox but also like IRC bouncers are a thing

@awilfox @vertigo @mdfrg @troubleMoney (or, people who want to use something more targeted to the average user can use matrix, which can speak to irc and Slack servers)

@mdfrg @awilfox @troubleMoney No, but I rarely ever need those things.

However, if you do, there's always Citadel BBS software. It offers a web-based UI as well as classical text-mode interface, live chat, supports file uploads/downloads, et. al. It's actually pretty neat.

But, again, I only need the ability to chat. I tend to send files over e-mail, and important information tends to get archived on wikis.

Your usecase may vary.

@troubleMoney @awilfox @mdfrg Thanks for the looooooong thread my otherwise snarky comment generated though. It was interesting to read!

@vertigo @troubleMoney @awilfox
BBS FTW! I'm afraid I'm too young to remember those things and it's already too late to use them for people not familiar with the culture.

@mdfrg @awilfox @troubleMoney I disagree with that assessment; Uncensored! BBS gets new users periodically. Not terribly frequently, but often enough to say that it can still appeal to new users.

Some prefer the web interface, but some actually do prefer the SSH interface.

It's pretty awesome, actually. I do wish it were more popular though. Would love a console Mastodon interface that had more or less the look and feel of Citadel, for example.