I am sure IRC was good for some people, but I can say for me personally it was a net negative and real life was so, so much better. I wish I never used IRC.
I also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.
I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.
Most of the real life friends that I still have today I met on IRC.
I am sure IRC was good for some people, but I can say for me personally it was a net negative and real life was so, so much better. I wish I never used IRC.
I also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.
I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.
Perhaps it was the experience of irc which led you to appreciate real life so much more when you finally did engage in it
> irc addiction
How quaint
Touched a nerve I guess.
Care to elaborate?
I also knew people who had MUD addictions.
These were very similar to how in later years people became addicted to Second Life or EverQuest and essentially dropped out of society.
I don't know if there is a modern-day equivalent, to be honest.
Discord addicts?
League of legends and the likes today
can't ride a netsplit to takeover and +m a huge channel IRL
Or CTCP PING users with cheap modems with +++ATH0
damn right
Missing "(2000)" in the title.
And also a (dupe):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559266
Isn’t this the opposite of the other one?