For what it's worth there are some web front-ends to IRC that make it more approachable from the modern crowd. [1][2] These both have live demo's [1] - https:

For what it's worth there are some web front-ends to IRC that make it more approachable from the modern crowd. [1][2] These both have live demo's [1] - https://thelounge.chat/ https://thelounge.chat/ [2] - https://convos.chat/ https://convos.chat/