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by scientist4397 745 days ago
The missing feature of IRC is to be able to get all the messages even when you’re offline. V3 was as missed opportunity for that
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You mean like you get if you run a BNC, or just run your irssi or weechat inside a screen session, or headless X session that you reattach remotely?

I've never understood people who log out of IRC.