# Does anyone still use IRC chat?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-still-use-irc-chat/84863
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-still-use-irc-chat/84863 "2017-09-19T16:07:00Z")
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### Author:  [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-still-use-irc-chat/84863/1 "2017-09-19T16:07:00Z")
I don’t know if it is just me not using it at the right times, or not using it correctly, but whenever I go on the chat, nobody is using it. What purpose does this feature serve?
Thanks,
GD
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### Author:  [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-still-use-irc-chat/84863/2 "2017-09-20T13:06:47Z")
There certainly was a golden age for the #yoyoexpert IRC years ago. Nowadays all of the frequent users - including myself - have since grown silent, left the community, or focused their attention on more important aspects of their lives (work, school, etc.). I’ve also noticed that I silently lost OP privileges some time ago.
This was always combined with the important factor that most causal users here don’t /understand/ IRC correspondence. Conversations often evolve over the course of hours and /days/ as opposed to minutes. Tons of users - even during the golden age - would hop in, say hello, say HELLO? ? ? ?, and then leave 30 seconds later. This was amusing because often there actually /was/ a deep conversation in progress that they never got to see because the posts were arriving at minute intervals. My metaphor of choice was waiting at a bus stop and leaving in a huff when one didn’t arrive 15 seconds later.
I’d suggest lurking the channel (a common IRC practice) and waiting for other users to enter to begin a conversation. Although, I have noticed that the IRC is particularly “dead,” so this may be a dire endeavor.
I miss IRC.
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### Author:  [@Chief\_B33f](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chief_B33f)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-still-use-irc-chat/84863/3 "2017-10-02T14:58:02Z")
> [@ＤＯＧＳ](#):
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> There certainly was a golden age for the #yoyoexpert IRC years ago. Nowadays all of the frequent users - including myself - have since grown silent, left the community, or focused their attention on more important aspects of their lives (work, school, etc.). I’ve also noticed that I silently lost OP privileges some time ago.
>
> This was always combined with the important factor that most causal users here don’t /understand/ IRC correspondence. Conversations often evolve over the course of hours and /days/ as opposed to minutes. Tons of users - even during the golden age - would hop in, say hello, say HELLO? ? ? ?, and then leave 30 seconds later. This was amusing because often there actually /was/ a deep conversation in progress that they never got to see because the posts were arriving at minute intervals. My metaphor of choice was waiting at a bus stop and leaving in a huff when one didn’t arrive 15 seconds later.
>
> I’d suggest lurking the channel (a common IRC practice) and waiting for other users to enter to begin a conversation. Although, I have noticed that the IRC is particularly “dead,” so this may be a dire endeavor.
>
> I miss IRC.
aaahhhh i seee so that’s how irc’s work. I always thought it was like aim or something back in the day. Well that’s fun haha.