# Bookmarked: /blog/03-03-2026 ~ vulpine.zone

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-11-08
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/11/08/blog-03-03-2026-vulpine-zone/
- Categories: link, technology

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> Enter: **[IRC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC)**, **I**nternet **R**elay **C**hat.
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> I had my first experience with IRC sometime in 2020 or 2021. I forget exactly how I had heard about it to be honest, but I do remember `freenode` being the first server I joined (and [Weechat](https://weechat.org/), a TUI IRC client, being my client of choice :P). I had a ton of fun and actually made friends?? Sadly I happened to join just months before [everything fell apart](https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/) though, LOL. I stopped using IRC when freenode went offline.
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> Around the time Discord made their age verfication announcement, I was reminded of IRC's existence when `@whitequark@treehouse.systems` [posted about IRCv3 on Mastodon](https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116089585784234453), and thought I'd give it another go. I connected to [Libera.Chat](https://libera.chat/), joined a few channels, and...
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> ...it is **awesome**.

Let's mark today - Nov 8, 2026 - as the day that I felt old on the internet as someone discovered IRC in "2020 or 2021." 

However, all I want to say is  - Welcome!

And now your watch begins!

*Source:* [vulpine.zone](https://vulpine.zone/blog/26-03-03.html)