This really comes back to the Capability vs. Suitability model that Gary Bernhardt has spoken about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NftT6HWFgq0 https://www.you

This really comes back to the Capability vs. Suitability model that Gary Bernhardt has spoken about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NftT6HWFgq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NftT6HWFgq0 IRC is capable. It is a box of nuts and bolts that lets us communicate and build awesome bots and so on. Bloating the protocol gives us suitability: features that are robust and can federate.