Comment by selfhoster Comment by selfhoster 4 days ago 1 reply Copy Link View on Hacker News I would totally welcome IRC back and USENET.
Copy Link immibis 4 days ago Collapse Comment - They're both still alive.IRC: irc.libera.chat, irc.efnet.org, something rizon something; there's technically ircnet but don't botherUsenet: eternal-september.org - you might find others after a while but there are no other major free text servers. If you pay another company for binary access (these are mostly used for piracy) you can also use it for text though. Reply View | 0 replies
They're both still alive.
IRC: irc.libera.chat, irc.efnet.org, something rizon something; there's technically ircnet but don't bother
Usenet: eternal-september.org - you might find others after a while but there are no other major free text servers. If you pay another company for binary access (these are mostly used for piracy) you can also use it for text though.