> where is this federated IRC you speak of? IRC has the ability to form networks of servers which share identities and chat channels. There used to be a few la

> where is this federated IRC you speak of? IRC has the ability to form networks of servers which share identities and chat channels. There used to be a few large networks and many popular servers were part of one of them. Back in the 90s "being on IRC" commonly meant having a nickname on one of these networks.