IRC server and channel change

[Steve Holmes]

Dumb question perhaps, but what are Tor and exit nodes? I have used
plain ol' IRC many times in the past but can't say I've heard of these
latest items.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:24:15AM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Yeah, IRC is a text-only protocol. Also, if anyone does happen to connect to
> OFTC via Tor, they have been known to block large blocks of exit nodes at a time
> when they detect large unwarranted spikes in traffic, for an extended period of
> time.
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 04:50:09PM -0400, Kyle wrote:
> > IRC is text only. I have heard that there is something called Matrix
> > that is supposed to allow audio as well as text, and I think there will
> > be a client that can run from a shell if there isn't one already, but
> > this is something that is still in development, and it's not IRC, which
> > can't do any kind of voice chat as far as I know.
> > Sent from a whistling kettle of boiling water
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