[Sesse__]

It's actually surprisingly hard to get on some IRC networks these days. A lot of e.g. EFNet servers have pretty narrow I-lines, and it's not always easy even to get a server list unless you're already on.

I like IRC for the culture, mostly. The way people use chat products seem to be pretty shaped by very small product decisions nobody probably thought much about when they were made (e.g. default notification settings), plus whoever happened to be early adopters. But of course, it's never going to have a resurgence.