Wireclub
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Wireclub is an internet chat service that allows users to communicate via private instant messaging
and multi-user chat rooms that resemble IRC channels and support hundreds of simultaneous users. While Wireclub is a platform independent web-based application that runs within a web browser
, current support for mobile browsers is limited.
Wireclub is owned by Wireclub Media Inc, a privately held company founded in 2006 and based in Vancouver BC which is also known for having developed the world's first real-time web-based Twitter
client. Wireclub currently serves approximately 3 million users, most of them located in the United States
and Canada
and facilitates the exchange of 1.1 million messages daily.
Although Wireclub neither require or enforce persistent user identities, it is not an anonymous service like 4chan
as it requires users to validate their e-mail addresses by clicking a link contained in a verification message before being granted access to all features made available by the service.
Wireclub was built on top of Microsoft
's ASP.NET
web application framework and uses MongoDB
for persistent storage . Both Wireclub and TwitZap are based on a custom complex event processing
platform which is also available for third-party licensing.
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
and multi-user chat rooms that resemble IRC channels and support hundreds of simultaneous users. While Wireclub is a platform independent web-based application that runs within a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
, current support for mobile browsers is limited.
Wireclub is owned by Wireclub Media Inc, a privately held company founded in 2006 and based in Vancouver BC which is also known for having developed the world's first real-time web-based Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
client. Wireclub currently serves approximately 3 million users, most of them located in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and facilitates the exchange of 1.1 million messages daily.
Although Wireclub neither require or enforce persistent user identities, it is not an anonymous service like 4chan
4chan
4chan is an English-language imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards were originally used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime...
as it requires users to validate their e-mail addresses by clicking a link contained in a verification message before being granted access to all features made available by the service.
Wireclub was built on top of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's ASP.NET
ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic Web sites, Web applications and Web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages ...
web application framework and uses MongoDB
MongoDB
MongoDB is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language...
for persistent storage . Both Wireclub and TwitZap are based on a custom complex event processing
Complex Event Processing
Complex event processing consists of processing many events happening across all the layers of an organization, identifying the most meaningful events within the event cloud, analyzing their impact, and taking subsequent action in real time....
platform which is also available for third-party licensing.
See also
- IRC
- Chat rooms
- Instant messagingInstant messagingInstant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
- Comparison of instant messaging clientsComparison of instant messaging clientsThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date...