• Axiochus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, it’s one of my favorite little historical developments on the internet. A totally local convention that made perfect sense in the context of mIRC and similar things, yet persisted as an independent meaningful token.

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      1 year ago

      Did it make sense with mIRC? IRC clients wrap the name in angle-brackets, not a colon. This sounds more like AIM.

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        1 year ago

        I remember it with mIRC, but it might have been a false memory, you’re right! Then again, it might have been some custom styling that enabled it?

        Anyway, it definitely is the case for stuff like ICQ (I double-checked 😺).