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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by heyoni on Friday June 07, 2019 @07:33PM (#20129540)
I literally just re-nicked this week without having to rejoin any channels.
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by znpy on Saturday June 08, 2019 @04:11AM (#20131247)
Indeed, i can confirm i have renick-ed without problems.

Maybe you have to kill the ghost of your previous connection if it hasn’t times out yet?