A lot of cool people use IRC, like some of the developers of the operating systems and the rest of the applications that run your web sites.
I agree there's your classic IRC lamers, n00bs, spammers, but the proportion isn't any different than any other social places.
A well maintained IRC channel and client makes that annoyance unnoticeable.
You should check the IRC channel #webmaster on the Undernet IRC network.
People talk about their web sites and help with problems.
I find it interesting for real-time feedback.
Link: irc://irc.undernet.org/webmaster
Their web site is www.Vedetta.com but I've read it will be moved in a few weeks to www.WebmasterHive.com or www.WebmasterFair.com (they're still voting on it)
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