I know the 'server' term smells bad to anyone who knows better. But to me, the encouragement to explore / read conversations you may have no interest in is a g

I know the 'server' term smells bad to anyone who knows better. But to me, the encouragement to explore / read conversations you may have no interest in is a good thing. Just like forums. The alternative experience on IRC can be stifling. People really do atomize their conversations there. And often avoid chatting from fear of stepping on someone's disinterested toes, or going even slightly off topic. At least on Discord, ~everyone in a server is present in all of the channels. So relocating a topic isn't "switch to a room with hardly anyone in it". It's more like a category move on a forum. Getting people to join in a new channel on IRC is like pulling calcified teeth!