[molsongolden]

Agreed. Tell me if I am wrong but it sounds like the gist of the post is NOT "stop using bouncers and IRC", it's "stop using bouncers and IRC to answer important project questions".

Logs are honestly a pain if you are just trying to keep up with the important things. Lines and lines of join/quit/hi/hello/how's that pasta/I like movies/etc...

I believe the #indiewebcamp channel handles this situation with a wiki. I haven't use it in a while but I think the wiki-bot lets you define wiki entries right from IRC so if something important is discussed then it can be permanently summarized and indexed on the fly.

[sanxiyn]

I agree current IRC logs are a pain, but isn't that a reason to improve logging (say, hide join/quit by default, add search, etc.)?