IRC. I like it more than all the alternatives today - Discord, Slack, Matrix. Slack even had the # logo for a while. It lacks push notifications, connectivity,

IRC. I like it more than all the alternatives today - Discord, Slack, Matrix. Slack even had the # logo for a while. It lacks push notifications, connectivity, all of which clients like IRCCloud have built in. But I suppose companies like Discord want to actually own the channel, and I suppose it doesn't work for enterprise purposes and the terrible moderation led to a lot of harassment. My wife thinks IRC is a place to find hookers and date underaged girls. Still I think IRC was just a nice place, quite similar to this niche HN holds.