Well sure, I used a bouncer like everyone else because of this issue (and for persistent presence since I dealt with people in different timezones), but that is a workaround for a protocol that isn't actually reliable, which is sort of my point.

Yes, I know :)

My comment was ironic, solution like that are not practicable for common users.

The rise of alternative chat platforms (discord, matrix, slack) really demonstrates IRC was too limited.

I will remember it foundly but the era where IRC was the dominent open channel chat platform is at its end.

I just hope Discord will not be it's long term replacement.