Oh, i&#x27;m sorry, I thought your response also started with a &gt;; I thought you were quoting something. My mistake.<p>And I agree that nickchanges can be annoying; I guess I&#x27;ve never been in a channel big enough where it was a significant issue.<p>And yeah, it&#x27;s hacky - but given that IRC is fairly bare-bones, I think it&#x27;s a good human-readable compromise. You can register your afk nickname as well, and notifications work just as well if you configure your client&#x2F;bouncer to highlight them both (which I think most do by default anyway.)