EFnet announced that the server (eris.Berkeley.EDU) that caused the original IRC network to split back in 1990 ("The Great Split") has rejoined the network. Because of this EFnet (Eris-Free Network) changed its name to "Eris Network", or ErisNet.
eris.Berkeley.EDU is once again serving IRC clients (on ports 6667, 6668 or 6697, 9999 for SSL), thanks to UC Berkeley OCF.
See the news post about this change on http://www.erisnet.org/erisnet_pressrelease.pdf
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday April 02 2018, @09:36PM (2 children)
/b/ was never good. 4chan was never good. Think about the kind of people who would start a place like that.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday April 02 2018, @10:24PM (1 child)
It should serve the same purpose as Alcatraz, Sing-Sing, or Congress: a warning for the kids, about the worst of humanity.
Sadly, the parallel works with Congress: someone forgot to properly declaw the 4chan bastards.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 03 2018, @02:41AM
So what does that make 8chan, the internet equivalent of MS-13?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...