# Whisper Functionality IRC

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/whisper-functionality-irc/3537>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [October 7, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/whisper-functionality-irc/3537 "2015-10-07T18:02:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![night](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/night/32/1613_2.png) [@night](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/night)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/whisper-functionality-irc/3537/3 "2015-10-08T05:04:46Z")

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> [@freeslagg](#):
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> I cannot fathom why you guys deliberately created a convoluted system for your customers.

Brildum, a staff member, already explained in a previous topic:

> [@Whispers on IRC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/whispers-on-irc/2459/7):
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> We purposely made whispers convoluted for IRC integration because we didn’t want users and bot developers to become reliant on receiving user-to-user messages via IRC. We have plans to stop using TMI to send user-to-user messages and instead use a new system (and protocol) entirely. When will this happen? Hopefully in the few months.

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