> For us, setting up an IRC client, or even a server, is hardly a big deal at all. I administrated huge systems at massive scale, I deliver, what I believe is

> For us, setting up an IRC client, or even a server, is hardly a big deal at all. I administrated huge systems at massive scale, I deliver, what I believe is very high quality software which solves complex problems. And you know what? I would never want to setup a freaking IRC client that has such poor UX that you wonder if it was intentional. Oh, wait, you have to deploy a server to host your bouncer too! Oh, and then you have to interact with the nicserver! What a joy! Really. We have to forget about “state of the art protocols”, “unix philosophy” and very dumb UX if we want to see adoption of decentralized services. You know why HTTP is fucking great and so ubiquitous? Because it fucking works. IRC and what not protocols are so broken that it’s not even funny. I read too many RFCs of protocols that are so dumb that you understand they were never really written to be implemented and even less to be used but are more there to serve an intellectual challenge.