Long time user of IRC and I never ever heard of irc.com till now. What is it for and what does it do??? I have been saddened to see the state of IRC declining

Long time user of IRC and I never ever heard of irc.com till now. What is it for and what does it do??? I have been saddened to see the state of IRC declining year after year. I love the fact someone is trying to do something about it!