A lot of the popular FOSS irc channels have devolved into rooms with thousands of people there with nobody talking. Seriously, over the past few years, it seems

A lot of the popular FOSS irc channels have devolved into rooms with thousands of people there with nobody talking. Seriously, over the past few years, it seems like people are still on IRC, but they just don't engage on it. I wonder if that has to do with a lot of people becoming more used to other platforms doing a better job of assisting in communication.