pancakes :nonbinary_cat: (@pancakes)

@pancakes@meow.company

2mo

i feel too young to get irc
servers and channels i can get but idk the difference between nicknames/usernames/realnames or how auth or accounts work
also ircv3 is cool and all that but most clients seem to be lacking a lot of that and from an outside perspective don't look great

φ @fiore@brain.worm.pink

2mo

@pancakes imean honestly the simplicity of it is baffling . few months ago i read thru the original RFC in like an afternoon and pretty much understood everything (skipped server to server because nowadays its useless ). very fun to hack on and that made me want to use it more

kirby @kirby@netzsphaere.xyz

2mo

@pancakes username == unix username

realname == it's on the tin, the users full real name. like john smith

nickname == your irc username, it's unique

kirby @kirby@netzsphaere.xyz

2mo

@pancakes >most clients seem to be lacking a lot of that

then use a client which supports all of that

from an outside perspective don’t look great

from an inside perspective it is great

pancakes

@pancakes@meow.company

2mo

@kirby i see

φ @fiore@brain.worm.pink

2mo

@pancakes @kirby important : usually only nickname is required , and u can usually do /nick to change it . not everywhere tho

hazel @hazel@starlightnet.work

2mo

@pancakes @alexia i cast infodump upon thee