Radical notion: you could always prune the IRC logs to eliminate content like discussion of mouses/when I were a lad mouses were different. If they were pruned, people might read them.
Bitching style will not get more attention to your ideas, Antechinus. Not here. That said, I agree the latest chat added more banter than usual, and I agree it's better to keep the level lower. No problem, since I'm doing it manually still, in exactly this intention: pruning occasionally.
I don't think banter is neither of interest, or of no interest. It's just what it is, and I usually log some of it.
Speaking of logs, I think I'll keep a practice I've started recently: each post separates per topic of discussion, whenever possible. That is, if it is possible, a post concerns the part of the chat focused on one thing, this should make following them easier.
Sounds like your IRC is more fun that our off topic board :/