radical proposal: move IRC to Rocket.Chat

[Jonathan Frederickson]

+1 for Matrix - given that it's bridged to Freenode, all you have to do
is give out Matrix links instead of linking people to IRC and they'll be
able to participate in the same community.

You might want to look into creating Matrix rooms manually if you want
more control over the room (the ability to add integrations, etc), but
even without that it's fine. (And it's an open protocol!)