User blog comment:Flamefang/Chat: What's killing it?/@comment-1393830-20111101045502/@comment-1393830-20111101140153

IRC is stable, has more features, can be connected to 24/7, has a better system for doing just about everything and is all around better. I cant see any reason why chat would be preferred to IRC.. In fact we have many users on IRC who refuse to sit in chat to help people. IRC is a superior entity.