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[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you have ever heard of IRC it uses that network to directly send files to you. Basically you need an IRC client then you message a bot for the file(s) you want it to send to you. There are xdcc search engines like sunxdcc and you can usually find books, audio, anime, etc.

[–] NicerLemmyUser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Im sorry for asking this but what is IRC?

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its an old school chat protocol. You can try it for yourself kiwiirc is a website that lets you chat with IRC. You need to pick a network, Rizon is a good network to start with. There are a bunch of different commands you can use but the only ones i found useful are /msg to send a message and /join to join a channel.

For the downloading part you need a client that supports XDCC, and then you can use these commands with your bot of choice

[–] NicerLemmyUser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Will definitely have to check it out once my brain remembers to remember this.