On 2021-05-21 16:30:40 +0300 (+0300), Andrey Kurilin wrote: [...]
Why everyone points to third-party solutions for those who don't like IRC? Why the modern chat-platform can be used as a main solution and those who want IRC should look for third-party bridges to make it work in the good old way? [...]
It's all a matter of perspective, and you're paying attention to how it's phrased by people who are already using IRC (the bulk of our current community). You could just as easily phrase it as "some projects are moving to Matrix, but taking advantage of the available Matrix/IRC bridge so that users of the old IRC channels aren't left behind." Technically the solution is the same one as "let's recommend a Matrix/IRC bridge to anyone who wants to talk with people on IRC without using IRC." The main difference is in how it's documented and communicated. -- Jeremy Stanley