@mos_8502 @zauberin the existence of Services daemons bolted onto the protocol was a clear indicator that we didn't, and the needs of the community moved beyond what even that could offer a decade ago, I'm afraid. As a former network admin I came to terms with that
@elfi @mos_8502 From what I recall, IRC was a very messy protocol, and also wildly insecure. Part of why I stopped using it.
I'd personally like to a revival of XMPP