[josteink]

> I just wanted to take a moment and share with the HN community that IRC is definitely very alive and kicking!

Yes IRC has an impressive list of servers, clients and networks built up over the last 3-4 decades.

Outside the major hubs (freenode) and FOSS channels though, actual usage seems to be going down.

IRC is no longer the “default” for chat, like it used to be.

And I say that as someone heavily invested in IRC, operating an IRC-network for almost 2 decades.