> but lordy knows what the "preferred" method is now. Who is this 'lordy', and why are they telling you what your preferences are? IRC is just a protocol. You

> but lordy knows what the "preferred" method is now. Who is this 'lordy', and why are they telling you what your preferences are? IRC is just a protocol. You can use the old clients you used to use[1], keep a command line client running in a screen session on some vps[2]some shiny web based client[3], or you can write your own in a couple of days if none of the other options appeal to you. I took the last option[4] [1] https://hexchat.github.io/ https://hexchat.github.io/ [2] https://irssi.org/ https://irssi.org/ [3] https://kiwiirc.com/ https://kiwiirc.com/ [4] https://eigenstate.org/software/ircmyr https://eigenstate.org/software/ircmyr