@miah@hachyderm.io I was a fan of IRC during it's heyday, but I can't go back to it.

If someone sends me a message when I'm in an airplane or otherwise offline, I want to be able to read their message when I get back online. Email can do it. XMPP can do it. Matrix can do it. SMS can do it. Every proprietary instant messenger can do it. It's just IRC where I lose any message that someone sends when I happen to be offline.