I know there have been a few discords out there that have been shut down..
But how about those old school chat rooms from back in the day? Any of those floating around?
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It would be cool to start an mIRC chat room! Kick it with the Frens, old school style!
u/#pepecozy
If I'm not mistaken there's no IP protection for those not behind a VPN.
I get what you're saying, however that's also the reality if you're using the internet in general without a VPN.
I don't want anyone getting ddos'ed or what have you. Session Messenger or Jitsi would probably be a safer suggestion.
Great suggestions to add to the toolchest, thank you!
getting ddos'ed is just part of the fun of IRC
You can set up a Matrix server for free. It's E2E, meaning it's quite safe.
There's also a GuiIded and T.me server. You can find threads about it everyday, though it's less about politics.
fires up BitchX
...true that....
I'm not sure how to really use that. Would love to try it out though!
https://www.mirc.com
It's a fun "wild west" chat app from internet 1.0. It's still going strong with many internal communities that have been around since the inception of the app.
What server do I join? How do I join a random chat? Default seems to be Libera and doesn't work
They have a security topic available for digest:
mIRC and SSL
There are too many features to list and admittedly I haven't joined an mIRC chatroom since 2005! LOL
However, if you download and install the app, you get a full readme. The app isn't fancy and looks like it jumped straight outta Windows XP, but it's a good way to connect with people and start servers.
https://www.mirc.com/install.html
Although as pointed out below, Discord is also an option that is viable.