I used to admin a warez chan back on Dalnet way back when. That was a fun time and I spent many hours in there making friends and causing trouble.
These days, I’m mainly looking for interesting stories or subjects I’m interested about. I don’t necessarily need interaction at every turn and more often than not, I’ll lurk.
I only have a ZNC bouncer and a copy of the lounge running on a VPS nowadays. Mainly kept around for some ebooks, and IRC only stuff like trackers. If I tried to actually pirate, I’d blow through the VPS’s monthly bandwidth cap.