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I claimed it was ergonomic (at least more ergonomic than IRC since that was the comparison), not flawless.

And many of those ergonomic points come from features that IRC clients don't even have.

And I'd rather use Vim.

Me too, but we're not the target demographic. In any case I think Matrix is the best bet for open communities right now - it has full slack integration anyway.

> Me too, but we're not the target demographic.

Well, that's a problem. How is it that tech savvy people created a tech industry that increasingly caters to everyone except the tech savvy people? It's getting really annoying. Operating systems are gradually losing features. A lot of software moved to the web, shedding functionality, and they evolve towards dumber and less functional forms over time. Smartphones are getting locked down and dumbed down. Hell, the only smartwatch company that made tools instead of toys went down, and I can't get a sensible smartwatch either. I don't like this trend.

> at least more ergonomic than IRC since that was the comparison

IRC is just a protocol, it is up to the client to provide a nice interface.

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