Time for a revival in IRC file trading?

Submitted by takenoko on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 08:32

So with the trouble going on with direct downloads, maybe now is a good time to get back to basics and start trading files again over IRC?

I wrote a simplified guide for dealing with IRC here:

http://www.wolfinspace.com/wiki/Downloading_from_IRC

If we could get more people hosting fserves, that'd be great. IRC can be really good for community building. You're in a social environment, you can talk to people with similar interests in real time. And the whole concept of serving is based on a give and take system which I find really appealing.