Discord is great because of community discoverability and ease of joining IMO. My main gripe with IRC is that I need to add a whole separate server with a separ

Discord is great because of community discoverability and ease of joining IMO. My main gripe with IRC is that I need to add a whole separate server with a separate login to access different channels (which is, ofc, a feature and not a bug). This means I end up with like 4-5 different servers coexisting in my irssi instance. On top of that, I need access to a persistent server session, as some of these servers ban cloud IRC providers like IRCCloud. Overall, Discord is just a lot better for getting small groups spun up quickly. That said, I also have to use Discord for certain work client communities (mostly in the crypto space), and it's annoying to maintain a separate professional Discord identity from my social one. The compromise I've settled on is that I use social login in the web client and work login on Desktop, but on mobile I have to pick one or the other, or do a lot of annoying login switching. So, to some extent, I totally agree. Ironically easier to SSH into my server on my phone and run tmux if I need to access my various IRC sessions.