Talk:PSYC

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[edit] IRC category

I wonder why PSYC is in the IRC category, strictly speaking it's an own protocol/sytem? From my (limited) understanding of PSYC, it can connect to other chat systems such as IRC and Jabberm... but it is not its main purpose to interconnect or bridge different chat systems.

correct. Thanks --lynX

[edit] PSYC vs IRC

"Each administrator of a machine on the Internet can install a PSYC server which has equal rights in the worldwide network. No hierarchies and no boundaries. The administrator then has the right to decide which rooms or people to host, without interfering with other PSYC servers. Should an administrator behave incorrectly towards her users, they will simply move on to a different server."

This is all true for IRC as well... Isn't it? (Doc aberdeen 17:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC))

Only if you run a private IRC server without connecting to a larger network. Stand-alone IRC servers or fragmented IRC networks however defeat the original intention of IRC to be a worldwide chat and messaging system. So if you translate equal rights as no rights, then the statement above also holds true for IRC, yes. As soon as there is more than one IRC server on your network, you are no longer solely in charge of the channels you host. IRC servers are not independent and need to trust each other to a high degree. I guess the article could use some clarifications. --lynX

[edit] PSYC features

Can someone familiar with the topic add references to the features section? It would be good to make this section both verifiable and to find more information, thanks! - 83.254.208.192 (talk) 11:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)