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Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Getting my friends to shift over is a pain in the ass for sure

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was hard to get everyone off aim too but it happened.

Then again there is always IRC.

https://xkcd.com/1782/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You SHOULDN'T have gotten people off AIM. AIM was awesome!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We used it literally til the servers turned off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apparently at least one person is working, fairly successfully, on a server clone. I think it was this one, but I only know about it from one YouTube video I watched weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sadly Pidgin dropped oscar (aim protocol) support years ago because undeveloped and insecure. So either install a plugin or use the old clients.

On the up side, a complete understanding of the server protocol means new clients can be written.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I didn't know Pidgin had dropped it, but yeah - the video I saw as well as the git page linked both reference the original client. Is Trillian still around? What about Adium?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I have my friends and family on Matrix.

My instance is over 7 years old.

Love it, can't imagine being without it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I have a friend who is just so damn stubborn when it comes to mixing up their "comfortable" things if they aren't the one to come up with the idea

Very frustrating