I disagree. I run all comms for https://pico.sh through IRC on libera and people really struggle to onboard into IRC. People will pop-in ask a question, then leave because they arrive to a chat that is empty and didnt see any activity in 5mins and bounce.

We tried to offer a bouncer instance for users and even that had a barrier to entry because it requires creating 2 accounts: one for libera and one for pico.

I think about us switching to ergo every few months because I think the onboarding experience will be much nicer.

Logging into a channel for the first time and see the chat log will make people a lot more motivated to stay.