[Analemma_]

How would that have been different in the IRC days?

[omoikane]

There would have been a server split, and half of the people would be chatting among themselves wondering why the some people suddenly got disconnected, while being unaware that there might be a server problem because they can still continue to chat. The other half of the people would think the same.

[StableAlkyne]

Don't forget everyone flooding both halves with "z0mg net split!"

:P

[echelon]

> "z0mg net split!" :P

The 00's were an interesting time in internet culture.

Internet slang like this disappeared almost completely once the whole world got access and platforms rooted out all the weird and niche communities.

[skerit]

Netsplits were fun. Especially if you were on the splitting part. You could get to know new people you got stuck with.

[uproarchat]

In the IRC days you could have been running your own server for you and friends. It would've taken something much worse, like your VPS dying or something upstream failing.

[rweichler]

The IRC servers I idled in simply never went down. Sounds impossible, I know. You can choose to believe me or not.