[recursivegirth]

IRC has existed for decades.

[yrcyrc]

I met some of my girlfriends through irc :)

[867-5309]

..said no IRC user, ever

[echelon]

And it's a ghost town.

[antiframe]

I suppose that depends on where you go and what you expect. Older communities are better populated than younger ones. (Not age-wise but topic-wise).

[lacunary]

where's a good irc chat these days?

[antiframe]

It depends on the time of day, but #emacs, #nethack, #archlinux, #lobsters, #security, #openbsd usually have enough users for good convos. It depends on what you are into, really.