I mean, the protocol may be simple, but the UX is anything but. I've been around the block, but I find IRC incredibly opaque. Don't want to miss messages? You n

I mean, the protocol may be simple, but the UX is anything but. I've been around the block, but I find IRC incredibly opaque. Don't want to miss messages? You need a bouncer, which means you need a server somewhere, and then this pretty much sums that up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32326145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32326145. Registering nicknames on a server and reconnecting to them reliably so I get a consistent username is something I never managed. And the list goes on and on... I managed to use it, but "simple" is not the word I would use to describe the experience.