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If that amazes you, you’ll be even more impressed with Matrix + Riot/Element and IRC-bridges (plus lots of other bridges of course).

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I'm already a Matrix/Element user, and I honestly don't see the point in using a bridge for my personal IRC usage. I think it's cool for groups that want to maintain IRC after switching to Matrix, but it feels like it's a bit too much complexity to use Matrix as a UI for IRC.

Fair enough.

For me, Matrix was not just about bridging IRC, but about unifying communications. And when you first decide to do that, bridging IRC too becomes a no-brainer.

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