I don't know what people expected. Why would you leave IRC/XMPP to go to a walled garden? Nowadays, alternatives exist like matrix.org with an open protocol. I

I don't know what people expected. Why would you leave IRC/XMPP to go to a walled garden? Nowadays, alternatives exist like matrix.org with an open protocol. If usability was the reason you weren't on IRC, take a look at matrix.org.