Yeah @jcbug, as it’s decentralized, you’ll have to find the right network to connect to where you want to chat. That also means that there are lots of IRC clients out there. I’d suggest either XChat or HexChat. For me, personally, HexChat’s pretty good IMO.
Since the IRC - Discord link on the MessengerGeek Discord has officially been broken, I think this may be a good time to bump this thread for more people to see.