If you're an IRC fan then you might also be interested to know that the matrix team has made a pretty good effort to ensure that matrix and irc can play nice to

If you're an IRC fan then you might also be interested to know that the matrix team has made a pretty good effort to ensure that matrix and irc can play nice together, vs discord being hostile to any sort of third party apps as mentioned, so if your main criteria is wanting to extend longevity of irc, matrix is certainly the better option.