[arg_discuss] Weekly IRC Chat Tomorrow

[Wendy Despain]

I'm going to chime in on the side of IRC being not so well-known among
the general public, partly because it has been around for 20 years.

A lot of shinier things have come along in the meantime, and since IRC
uses essentially a command-line interface, it looks intimidating to
people who have gotten used to a graphical user interface.

This isn't to say IRC gets no use anymore. It's pretty healthy as far
as I can tell. But it caters to a niche.

And I think using it encourages an exclusionary image for ARG
developers. You have to know the secret handshake (technology) before
you can get in on the conversation.

I get the impression this concerns some people and not others. I'll
just say I like encouraging everybody to participate, even if they
weren't even born 20 years ago and don't know what DOS is.

But for now I hope we can agree to disagree. :-)

Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com


On Wed, August 20, 2008 4:40 pm, John Evans wrote:

>>Since IRC = tech geek to most, it marginalizes the groups ability to

>> affect opinion.

>

> IRC does not "equal tech geek"; it's been around for about 20 years

> and

> become a standard. Ordinary eople use it everyday for real-time

> activities like roleplaying.

>

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Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com