Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is basically a kind of chat room that uses a program (mIRC) or browser add-on(Chatzilla). It’s old technology.
Thanks.
back in the day, we used mIRC to raid MSNBC chat. Had as many mIRC chats open as the PC could stand.
While all you good folks here @ FR were out Freeping.
a bunch of us rough riders were raiding and if enough people got into a chat room, MSNBC would open another.
There weren’t many of us conservatives but our hit & run tactics basically were a game of leap frog. This was in the days of Soledad O’Brien\John Gibson.
They would interact with the chat room live and sometimes take our questions. It was a badge of honor for a conservative to get picked.
mIRC was trialware...nobody paid for it and there were millions of downloads.
One lady purchased mIRC and that purchase became a legend on the WWW.
P.S. It’s still available....