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Kurt,<br>
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I occasionally watch the IRC channel, and I am not a particularly
competent user.<br>
Things I like about continuing to use IRC vs "service z"<br>
<ol>
<li>IRC is not proprietary</li>
<li>IRC can be accessed using a client of your choosing</li>
<li>I like that it isn't logged. People may be more willing to
allow their personality to be on display.</li>
<li>IRC permits private side-bands for private conversations.<br>
</li>
<li>My experience with IRC is when I need assistance with
infrastructure issues the key person/people have been readily
available. That may/may not translate to "service z". In
addition, do we really need to permanently record "The CI server
doesn't seem to be working." ?<br>
</li>
<li>IRC doesn't collect data about me.<br>
</li>
<li>Freenode could disappear tomorrow, and the community would not
be impacted for long.</li>
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