It's a long standing issue that IRC chat that most Lojbanists use is out of fashion in the modern days internet.
We now have a new gateway to it from another popular app,
Telegram instant messenger.
So to get connected to Lojban chat and to be able to read the history of the chat from the day you joined like pros in Lojban do
you now have the following options:
1. In Telegram search find "lojban" user (@lojban) and ask 'em to add you to the chat.
Alternatively,
Alternatively,
The Era of Lojban IRC Detachment is over. Congrats!
P.S. Direct links to join Telegram Lojban chat won't be posted here to prevent spammers from infiltrating. As of now there is no technical means of making gateways to other instant messengers like WhatsApp and LINE.