Comment on Ask HN: What real-time chat are you using in place of slack?parentComments−PopeDotNinja6yA lot of people like IRC. I am not one of them. I’ve never found it to be particularly pleasant to use, if it’s very feature limited.−catacombs6yIRC is fully customizable with plugins written by hundreds of people. Sure, you won't get "threads" or emoji responses to individual responses, but it's possible to add a number of features.−PopeDotNinja6yIf I'm being honest, I don't want to do a lot of work customizing anything. I want pretty good out of the box.−catacombs6yYou could also try Mumble or Matrix. I'd stay away from Slack, Discord or other proprietary services.−hazz996yI think emoji responses are really valuable, and this is not sarcastic.
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A lot of people like IRC. I am not one of them. I’ve never found it to be particularly pleasant to use, if it’s very feature limited.
IRC is fully customizable with plugins written by hundreds of people. Sure, you won't get "threads" or emoji responses to individual responses, but it's possible to add a number of features.
If I'm being honest, I don't want to do a lot of work customizing anything. I want pretty good out of the box.
You could also try Mumble or Matrix. I'd stay away from Slack, Discord or other proprietary services.
I think emoji responses are really valuable, and this is not sarcastic.