Internet Relay Chat.
Why the open web links it
Explores the history and cultural impact of Internet Relay Chat, a foundational early internet communication protocol.
Linked by 7 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including hackaday.com, utwente.nl, betacat.io, digitalia.fm, engineeringkiosk.dev.