From: zippy@myemail.invalid   
      
   Slimes  wrote:   
   > Stack Ghost wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-21 7:17 p.m., auanon wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> I think hanging out on IRC would be pretty cool. All of the anons who   
   >>>> ended up here seem similar minded.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I was thinking of self-hosting one, but I have no idea how you really   
   >>> administrate an IRC... If I did though, would people be ok with it being   
   >>> behind TOR?   
   >>   
   >> Tor is a reasonable way to host it without needing to pay for a domain.   
   >> Make sure you choose a modern/updated ircd.  Having run various IRC   
   >> servers over the decades sometimes the old ways aren't actually best.   
   >> Ergo is what I use for my private irc network:   
   >> https://github.com/ergochat/ergo   
   >>   
   >> It's a lot more "batteries included" than e.g. unreal or inspircd   
   > Just use Hotline or Wired. Batteries included, along with lunch and dinner.   
   >   
   > There is no reason to beat yourself up UNIX style. UNIX is only   
   > prevalent because of Government Welfare (universities). Like most things   
   > developed by gov, its shit.  MULTICS watered down becuase MULTICS was   
   > retarded. They left the retard in and took out the good parts, hence   
   > UNIX. Multi. Uni. Yeah. It was a joke. But money makees people crazy. It   
   > was literally developed as a joke to combat multics. Then some retarded   
   > finn decided the joke didn't go far enough.   
   >   
   > UC Berkeley?  Why would you trust anything out of Cali-Wali, let alone a   
   > Bostom Steamer.   
   >   
      
   Could you provide some links for Wired? Thanks   
      
   The best thing going for IRC is familiarity. There is also IRC2P as an   
   option instead of Tor.   
      
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