Comment by boca_honey
1 day ago
This made me feel so nostalgic. I haven’t heard the term "netsplit" in probably 25 years. It’s amazing how things that once seemed so important get relegated not just to history, but sometimes to total oblivion.
Well, almost. Apparently, it has its own wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsplit
I still see the occasional netsplit.
But with modern nickname and channel services (Nickserv and Chanserv, mostly), and the very small IRC userbase, they certainly aren't as impactful as they once were.