I've used both, I prefer IRC--but not strongly. I like being able to use any client and not a web browser. Doing things like pulling in images/videos is cool,

I've used both, I prefer IRC--but not strongly. I like being able to use any client and not a web browser. Doing things like pulling in images/videos is cool, but most of our use of IRC is just communication & "logging" to a degree--bots reporting new deployments, for instance.