Does this allow for me to be "always on"? The reason I moved from IRC to Slack is exactly this. If there was a way for me to use many different peers to keep my connections alive even when I'm offline, that would make want to use IRC again.
Otherwise I just don't have time/energy/money to get a server just to host my IRC session.
Otherwise I just don't have time/energy/money to get a server just to host my IRC session.