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Does IRC do voice nowadays? I think that is the main reason people use Discord
If you mean that in some channels only some people can actually "talk", I think it depends on the configuration of the channel, but it's a possibility.
I thought people used Discord because you could have video / audio chats (not sure about this, I've used it very sparsely.)
And then there are Open Source projects that use Discord as the documentation repository. Hell is a place on the Internet, apparently.
they meant voice chat, audio
You're right, I completely misinterpreted the comment. The thing is that "voice" is a very specific term within IRC, and I got confused :D
Yup, I realized that :) I do believe discord has just about all the features IRC can offer. And then some, of course. But that isn't saying much, considering IRC is one of the earliest uses of the internet.