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Something like mIRC? If I was to describe it would basically be Discord or [matrix], but I want it more casual - no need for acc, just click a link you are in a chat room (lemmy.ml)
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This weekend, meeting a lot of people, I noticed how hard it is for us to communicate and organize stuff. Some have Instagram, some have X, both are shitty places not designed for group conversation. Some have Discord, some have WhatsApp, some don't use the phone, some have no social media, and everything requires you to either provide an email or phone number, create an account, etc, so I thought maybe it would be easier to have something like an IRC room, but it's been more than 20 years since I last touched IRC and I'm sure there must be newer alternatives around.

Main functionality I'm looking for is casualness (no acc needed) and stored live chat. The ability to pin stuff would be great, maybe create sub rooms and have private chat as well. Do you guys know anything like that?

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[โ€“] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That sounds amazing, but if I were to self-host it, I'm kinda worried about how it deals with private messages (I didn't find it mentioned in the docs) - I would like to not have access to private messages.
I have no idea how IRC deals with that stuff. Soulseek has an IRC-like chat (I'm not sure if it's IRC or something else they created) and private messages are stored locally instead of on the server, which seems ideal.

[โ€“] nrbray@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

That 'not have access to private messages' is the complex thing that requires encryption done well. It is extremely complicated to make available to non technical people. No perfect solution presents itself.