IRC is going to long outlast any of us. Whether we like it or not, it’s going to stay a persistent thing on the internet, regardless of server(s). Cutting off any bridges will only splinter the community and just cause issues. This was a conversation myself and others had at Rocky Linux too, and I kept my case that having a bridge between our channels and mattermost would keep the community together. And largely, it has for a good amount of our users.