I was a big user of IRC in the past, owned some channels that had thousands of daily messages, IRC may be mostly gone, but the experience and vibe is still as alive as ever on other IM apps.
They all essentially work the same as IRC did but with modern bells and mobile support.
You still can use it that way. I don't read the backlogs of large chats. I just talk to the people actively there in the moment. It's pretty much the same as it was but you don't get the spam of "Hey, anyone online?" on low activity groups like you used to.
They all essentially work the same as IRC did but with modern bells and mobile support.