Why did IRC die out in South Africa?

[Looney]

LMAO! that was rather fun! see, I miss those days

[Yuu]

Get that Poll running please.

LMAO! that was rather fun! see, I miss those days

[Looney]

Get that Poll running please.

I dont know how

[Yuu]

We will have to go old fashioned way then.

Edit first post with options and we have to respond then tally it up after a week or 2 .

I dont know how

[Fudzy]

Find it quite strange that's it's never really found a successor.

[Hamster]

Find it quite strange that's it's never really found a successor.

Skype, Facebook, Twitter....the TK threads

[Fudzy]

Skype, Facebook, Twitter....the TK threads

Majority of those are geared towards specific contacts or groups of contacts.

I just can't get my head around people using forum threads for chatting (other than pumping their post count) sadly Shoutbox support is far and few between. I'd much rather an active chat session rather than relying on constantly updating a thread.

[Hamster]

Majority of those are geared towards specific contacts or groups of contacts.

IRC did have the whole REAL-TIME thing going for it. Yeah, I miss it. Replacing the TK threads with IRC would be awesome!

[Looney]

IRC did have the whole REAL-TIME thing going for it. Yeah, I miss it. Replacing the TK threads with IRC would be awesome!

So who's gonna start the poll?

[Fudzy]

IRC did have the whole REAL-TIME thing going for it. Yeah, I miss it. Replacing the TK threads with IRC would be awesome!

You also don't normally chat to complete strangers on Facebook/Skype.

Remember a/s/l?

[Frikkenator]

You also don't normally chat to complete strangers on Facebook/Skype.

Remember a/s/l?

LMAO! Yea!

/me slaps Fudzy around a bit with a large trout

[skimread]

What about haxor speek? Did that not die out with IRC as well.

[MickeyD]

We use IRC on Wednesday nights with the "Let's Talk Geek" broadcast on ltn.

[skimread]

We use IRC on Wednesday nights with the "Let's Talk Geek" broadcast on ltn.

HaXor!

[Sinbad]

IRC in ZA was really held together by a relatively small group of people who provided entertainment or info for the rest. As they got lives and drifted away, interest waned and they weren't really replaced.
Mxit, Bbm, Facebook etc all contributed to it really dropping below a critical mass. Now when someone tries it there is nothing to hold them there.