My experience with IRC is that just like Reddit was, it is filled with entrenched mods and admins that act like petty kings and treat the channels/servers as their personal fiefdom. Some of these people have been mods and admins for like 15+ years. Incredibly cliquish and off putting, hostile to new users.
I think IRC could work but only if you create your own server and invite like minded people, and maybe rotate mods/admins regularly, lest the same thing happen to your server.
We've got young adults entering the workforce that cannot comprehend what a filesystem and directory structure is due to 10+ years of these sandboxed, guard-railed tech products.
What are the odds of this poster being a troll, making this post and then citing it elsewhere as an example of how trans people are violent or whatever? Given the account age and name I'm betting 99:1.
Profit motives. When things are done as cheaply as possible to maximize profit, you have to cut elegance and proper architecture. Its not just mobile development
Thank you for the heads up. I was considering OpenSUSE bc I am looking for a new distro after Fedora's telemetry bullshit. Not anymore