commit eb2345f9a6553bf1b72a100070164c787571df75
parent a492657da3ab3d5550c095160f15f8d8dbc55091
Author: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:44:37 -0400
Draft new blog post
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diff --git a/pages/blog/why-irc-is-still-good.md b/pages/blog/why-irc-is-still-good.md
@@ -21,14 +21,46 @@ IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a communications protocol [created in
plain text; no images, no videos, no stickers, no emoji reactions, just good ol'
plain text. It was also designed to transmit everything in plain text (i.e.
unencrypted) all across the Nets in a time when the use of these computer
-networks was limited mostly to universities, governments, and large
-corporations.
+networks was limited mostly to universities, governments, and large corporations
+and Hollywood-style [1337
+h4x0rs](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1337%20h4x0r) were just
+kids using their modems to make long distance calls for free.
Nowadays, IRC is arguably not such a good platform for private personal chats,
but that doesn't mean it's not good for other things.
### Plain Text is Good
+Arguably the best "feature" of IRC is that it's still all in plain text. [plain
+text good]
+
+### IRC Federates... Sorta
+
+[explaining IRC federation]
+
+[different IRC networks still easy to use]
+
### Enforcing Encryption
+Even though encryption is not mandated by IRC or enabled by default in many
+cases, you can enforce encrypted client-server or server-server connections
+meaning that all messages in transit are encrypted (usually with TLS) and the
+only weakness would be logs on the servers themselves or logs on client
+machines.
+
+[how to have secure chats]
+
### What IRC is Good At
+
+[maybe not so good for interpersonal]
+
+[good for open collaboration, open source projects]
+
+### Keep IRC going
+
+[conclusion, keep it going]
+
+_This is my ninety-eighth post for the
+[#100DaysToOffload](https://social.paritybit.ca/tags/100DaysToOffload)
+challenge. You can learn more about this challenge over at
+[https://100daystooffload.com](https://100daystooffload.com)._
