Any IRC channel inherently turns into a drama-farm and circlejerk because you have the same people all the time idling 24-7 and even if they never talk their status is directly proportional to their time online. They get Op or Voice status and are then part of the channel's 'elite'. New visitors are shunned and berated as not being part of the in-crowd. Circlejerks like this generate competition and irrational hatred, resulting in events like DDoS'ing unfavorable sites and other idiocy. IRC's really one of the worst districts of the net community.