User blog comment:Lost Labyrinth/Wikia Chat is now activated!/@comment-26744861-20110630221004

I'll be honest. I do prefer IRC to the Chat feature. It's just easier to do things and more efficant. The only way to remove a disruptive user on chat is a kickban, which may not always be the desired action. On IRC, we can kick a user out and they're likely to stop after that.

Also, everyone is used to IRC anyway and it is also more reliable. Whenever my connection speed drops, I disconnect from Chat but not IRC, as well as IRC being more responsive.