One of the main benefits of Slack (to me, at least) is persistence, which you don't get from IRC.
If I'm not connected to Slack, or even a member of a Slack channel - I can connect/join the channel and be able to get all of the history back to the beginning of the channel (or whatever Slack's limitation is).
This makes it very easy to jump into the middle of a conversation and not worry you've missed some important context.
If I'm not connected to Slack, or even a member of a Slack channel - I can connect/join the channel and be able to get all of the history back to the beginning of the channel (or whatever Slack's limitation is).
This makes it very easy to jump into the middle of a conversation and not worry you've missed some important context.