User blog comment:Timeoin/I'm back again, everyone/@comment-3456086-20110922184847/@comment-3456086-20110922195744

the IRC isn't new, no. It was also poorly advertised before. Even Timeoin has said this. That's why he's fixing it now and advertising and pushing the IRC even more. IRC is more versatile than the wikia chat will ever be. The only reason Wikia even has a chat was because someone from some company paid them to use their software. IRC is free and has no spam advertisements and things like Wikia has. IRC is paid for by admins out of pocket. Anyways.. I never said anyone was forced to register on Wikia. I'm saying if they wanted to chat on wikia chat they're forced to register an acocunt because anonymous wikia contributors can't log into the chat. Whereas with IRC, it's a simple point, click, connect. BAM! No registration anywhere.