I joined the IRC about 7 or 8 years ago, and used to talk alot there. Over the years, I talked less and less, and eventually the people I would talk to alot (NullAshton, TRJR, Dragon) started leaving, and Slinking Ferret died. After that, I haven’t really had much to talk about in the IRC, but my client still auto-joins it, like I set it to a few years ago.
I’m sure there are other lurkers though. There were when I joined, and most IRC channels have quite a few, so I’m not sure why I’m such a big deal…