[echelon]

It absolutely still is.

If I have an in-depth technical question about Rust, I can make a post about it on the Rust subreddit, Stack Overflow, or the Rust community forums, but if I jump in IRC I'll have an answer in under five minutes and an interactive explanation.

IRC is the internet of the 90s and 00s. Without all the spam, advertisement, and noise.

[ghostpepper]

Not to mention that often the author and/or contributors of the technology in question may be available to answer advanced questions.

[Polylactic_acid]

>Without all the spam

You must remember a different IRC to me. Spam bots were a semi frequent thing.