Daily for 10+ years. Of course the instance sometimes loses connection, and I have to re-establish. IRC beats ALL social networks, in my experience. I've learn

Daily for 10+ years. Of course the instance sometimes loses connection, and I have to re-establish. IRC beats ALL social networks, in my experience. I've learned more, and helped/gotten help more from it, than any other source. Started out on UnderNet. Gave up on it years ago. I'm on FreeNode. I only get on other networks if whoever has the channel doesn't have their primary presence on FreeNode. I hang out in channels related to Linux and programming languages. I've tried all the popular IRC clients. I always come back to irssi. irssi+<multiplexer of choice, I prefer tmux> is a marriage made in heaven. :)