On 2021-05-20 21:28:26 +0200 (+0200), Dmitry Tantsur wrote:
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> This is, indeed, not quite on-topic, but I'm advocating for
> Matrix, mostly because that's where Mozilla went and because it
> seems to check all the boxes.
[...]

It seems, from what little I've read, that Matrix servers can
integrate with IRC server networks and bridge channels fairly
seamlessly. If there were a Matrix bridge providing access to the
same channels as people were participating in via IRC (wherever that
happened to be), would that address your concerns?