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> But I have literally no idea why in 2016 anyone would want to subject themselves to irc (plus whatever other crap you have to install/configure to make it bearable).

Although I'm not trying to discount what you want for chat... Everything you just desribed is super easy for me to do with IRC. I can customize it to look however I want, and just connect with the protocol. That's why I "subject myself to irc". All the commands you have trouble remembering, are customizeable, and muscle-memory for me.

> Now I can use a browser.

hmmm... that sounds like the opposite of what I want. To each their own I guess.

> Not that i'm trying to sell slack

Not at all. I asked for a comparison, and that's what you provided. I guess I just don't have any personal interest in it over IRC. Cheers!

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Sounds like you've got a $3.9 Billion Dollar business on your hands then.