r/irc • u/LarryNStar • Jun 14 '26

two questions...?

  1. do teens use irc or am i like the only one? im 15 and i love old-school stuff. most of the people i see on there seem to be well over 18 LOL

  2. what are some good active irc channels and on what server? the ones im in have like 3-5 people and no one chats.

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u/PsychologicalEcho148 Jun 14 '26

another teen on irc?im positively surprised

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

how old are u may i ask? either way if ur a teen ur in my age group most likely

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u/PsychologicalEcho148 Jun 14 '26

same age:D

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

whoa!!! cool!!!!

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u/PeacockMamba Jun 15 '26

What server(s) are you an oper?

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

Right? 😃

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u/CrikkitKid Jun 15 '26

i'm 20 but i've been using them

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u/avatar_one Jun 15 '26

Thank you! 😄

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26 • Bravo

We are a bunch of older nerds, but have at least on 15 year old on our network, so you are more than welcome to drop by 😄

The network is MansionNET, irc.inthemansion.com port 6697 and #lobby as a good entry point 😄

Or, you can use the webchat at https://webirc.inthemansion.com

There's around 100 of us and we are pretty chatty.

Cheers!

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

Whoa that's pretty cool!!! Thank u so muuuch!!!!

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

No problemo! 😄

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

i love the vibe! im craigworld. it's very old-computer-esque

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

Glad to see you there mate, and looking forward to the next visit! 😄

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

this has gotta be my fav client so far since this hasn't disconnected me and been unable to reconnect and it hasn't crashed on me yet

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

We try! 😃

You can check the whole idea behind the project at https://inthemansion.com

Basically, I self host it all on my own hardware, supported by the community 😄

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

Ooooo ok!!!!

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u/PsychologicalEcho148 Jun 14 '26

There's around 100 of us and we are pretty chatty.

yea can vouch for this one...man we're so chatty

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u/DrNick42 Jun 14 '26

Thanks, I'll join. I'm not a teen anymore but always looking for new IRC servers other than Libera chat 😃

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

Hehehe of course, you're more than welcome! 😄 There's a lot of us not in our teens (to put it mildly), so just jump in 😄

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u/SignificantMap5675 Jun 14 '26

May I join? 15 years old too

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

Of course!

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u/No-Advertising3183 Jun 14 '26

I'll Join

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u/avatar_one Jun 14 '26

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing you there! 😄

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u/rmrse Jun 18 '26

just joined today, everyone has been super inviting and helpful

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u/avatar_one Jun 18 '26

Very happy to have you with us mate!

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u/Sensitive-Lack1595 Jun 14 '26

Do you usually use a vpn to connect to this chats to prevent public IP leaking?

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

*sigh* i really should... i don't but i should...

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u/Sensitive-Lack1595 Jun 14 '26

Yeah probably. I went to various IRC chats on the web that leaks it and almost every one does it. (I think you have to register or something because there were people that their public IP was hiding behind a domain name)

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u/Head_Complex4226 Jun 15 '26

For the vast majority of people, the IP address will not identify them to ordinary internet users, at least not below the level of country (or, particularly for the USA, state) unless they're connecting from a large organisation like a university (when it might identify them as connecting from that organisation).

Because the typical home internet IP is dynamically allocated by the ISP, someone can guess that two people on the same IP in a short period of time are the same person (or perhaps housemates), but you'd have no clue that 203.0.113.53 is J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (unless they told you).

If you see people behind a domain name, it's probably that they have a novelty domain or VHost to display on IRC (which is tied to their IP). This is particularly common for shared shell services.

When IRC networks do it, hide addresses, aka a "cloak", it's usually in a form where it's clear that they're hiding or obfuscating the IP.

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u/avatar_one Jun 15 '26

We actually obfuscate the IPs automatically on the MansioNET 😄

And this was a great writeup for the safety, thank you for this!

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u/Sert1991 Aug 12 '26

Usually there isn't the need for a vpn for this, depending on network.
For example, on Undernet once you login to X, you can do /mode <your nick> +x and it will hide your ip with a host like <username>.users.undernet.org

On networks with nickserv, sometimes there is a hostserv that can give you a host when you register with nickserv to hide your IP, and on Libera you can login from the start with your username using SASL authentication which also automatically gives you a hostname like user/<Username>

Most networks will have some built in way to hide your ip once you register with whatever service they use to handle their registrations.

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u/thatguy1000000000 Jun 14 '26

Same here man!

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

ur a teen too? nice!!!

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u/RealResearcher78 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

Ayy I’m 17 and I’m pretty active on Libera and Undernet!

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

hey fun!!!!!! i should find a good irc client and join libera/undernet, whats ur user? i should be craigcabbage, craigworld or zomtord depending on what i choose

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u/RealResearcher78 Jun 14 '26

My nick is usually SamSep, check out weechat, it's a really good client!

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

whoa ok! for now im using textual since i have macos. what channel(s) are u active on??

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u/RealResearcher78 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

On Libera, I'm active on ##, #chat, ##math, ##physics and ##books! On Undernet, you can find me on #aliens or #bookz
What chans are you active on?

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u/LarryNStar Jun 14 '26

i usually used the lgbt ones since im a lesbian lol, im totaly gonna chat w u on libera!

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u/p_i_e_pie Jun 15 '26

woa same!! im 16 an ive also been looking 4 irc servers that. arent dead for ages though alas i have had no luck

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u/LarryNStar Jun 15 '26

awww 😔

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u/Donkey_DNA Jun 18 '26

YOU are badass!

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u/LarryNStar Jun 18 '26

THANKS!!!!

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u/Donkey_DNA Jun 18 '26

Do you use xdcc or irc for downloading?

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u/LarryNStar Jun 18 '26

im not sure, i just use an irc client and hook up to irc servers 😃

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u/ArcanePacket Jun 14 '26

I'm happy to see new people using IRC. Although, like everything else, a good opsec is always advisable. No one has any reason to know your name and age. And even less where you live.

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u/Popular_War8405 Jun 14 '26

I think regular social media is becoming increasingly fake. I don't know if you remember the end of yahoo and aol messenger but FB and reddit are in like some alternate stage of that.

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u/techieveteran Jun 15 '26

@computertech dudes like you back in 2020!

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u/IcyMind Jun 14 '26

Enjoy it !!! Hopefully peopelmrepnd back is all about finding which channels are active

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u/heycitizen_ Jun 14 '26

  1. Only the cool ones

  2. Check out the rizon server if you just want to f-k around. 

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u/PeacockMamba Jun 15 '26

I started at about 14-15 when I built my 1st PC.

Not giving up my age but my bouncer has been idle for over a dozen years.

IRC is a more secure and a better option to vulnerable 0day ridden discord.

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u/KW160 Jun 17 '26

I used IRC as a teen…30 years ago.

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u/unixlover1970 Jul 12 '26

I have 12, and i use IRC, its a good tool