I think it would be cool if IRC came back into common usage (among the nerd crowd). Not because IRC is actually any good, or that it should replace Discord or anything like that, but because it's dinky and fun to play with. It's a silly little platform where nothing really matters and so you can just do dumb shit on there. I also think it's cool how much client customization there is and how many little custom scripts you can write, and how many bots there are that kind of have become crucial to the whole ecosystem. It just seems fun idk. Kinda like how a forum or BBS doesn't really replace proper social media, but it's still cool to have. I also low-key think it would be really fun to write some little janky bots to do various things on IRC servers. I think that would be cool.