Yes, I know :) My comment was ironic, solution like that are not practicable for common users. The rise of alternative chat platforms (discord, matrix, slack)

Yes, I know :) My comment was ironic, solution like that are not practicable for common users. The rise of alternative chat platforms (discord, matrix, slack) really demonstrates IRC was too limited. I will remember it foundly but the era where IRC was the dominent open channel chat platform is at its end. I just hope Discord will not be it's long term replacement.