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The nice thing about pre-Slack was that there was a bozo filter: the only people who could bother you were the people who could figure out how to use an IRC client.

Also 15 years professional here; And I agree, it's largely similar.

One difference though is that IRC doesn't have a @here equivalent. People do like to overuse that one in particular. (you can turn it off but the default is frustrating and the UX is poor for disabling)

This lack can be fixed by the amazing dau irssi plugin.

No, it’s Slack. My company was IRC based and moved to Slack. It’s changed working patterns.

Totally agree on that! Sometimes we're so focused to the product we ignore who is using it.