I was not trying to compare it to slack. I was merely pointing out that IRC does not need to mean "plain IRC". I have been using Slack for about a year now at

I was not trying to compare it to slack. I was merely pointing out that IRC does not need to mean "plain IRC". I have been using Slack for about a year now at work and I think it's great. I don't think irccloud would be a suitable replacement either :-)