> First, you need to be persistently connected so that you don't miss messages when you're not actually at your computer. I consider that a feature of IRC myse

> First, you need to be persistently connected so that you don't miss messages when you're not actually at your computer. I consider that a feature of IRC myself. I don't need to be wired in at all times and read eveerything everyone says. If I'm not there, I'm not there, and if there's something important I really need to hear, I'll hear it when I'm there. If I don't hear it, it never was important. There is memoserv in many IRC networks that does relay messages when you come back online. I have seldom had important messages relayed that way either. Most conversations are not that important. I don't see IRC as something that should follow me everywhere across all devices. It's like radio or TV. Turn it on, turn it off. Not on all the time.