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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.
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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.