I think it may be partly that it was largely created and used by people who don’t care about ease of use and appearances, maybe partly because it kept out the m

I think it may be partly that it was largely created and used by people who don’t care about ease of use and appearances, maybe partly because it kept out the masses. Make it hard for new people and eventually your old users are gone with no one to replace them. Personally I try to keep most of my workflow in the terminal but I haven’t been able to find an irc client I like and the rooms I join are always silent. I don’t the etiquette and have zero incentives learn