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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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[–] stray@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Back in the day your identifier was whatever name you typed in. On IRC you could put a password on a name to claim it so long as you didn't go inactive for too long (and then it would be free for anyone to take), but you didn't have to, and on many web chats you didn't even have the option. It was very common for people to change names frequently for jokes, RP, or setting a status. You didn't have a profile picture or friends list or any of that.