It seems that #Freenode registered Libera dot net in order to trick people into using their #IRC network instead of #Libera.Chat's network.
Such scumbags. If you're still using Freenode, what are you waiting for? About the only thing they haven't done yet is publicly expose the identities of IRC users.
> Any limitation of range of civil discussion on a topic annoys me. It's information suppression. Fascism pretending to have manners
Not wanting to join the conversation, but anyone that has a spouse knows there are some things you cannot say if you want to continue having a good relationship (or perhaps having any relationship at all). The exception is when one party bullies and controls the other party so thoroughly that they fear not that the other party will escape, ending the relationship.
I'm no longer there ( #Freenode ), having moved to the #LiberaChat, #OFTC, and #Rizon #IRC networks. Thus, I do not know whether the rumored "coronavirus is a hoax" / "vaccines kill" and racism is a major part of Freenode's remaining membership.
#FSF and #GNU #IRC channels to leave #Freenode. It was supposed to be an orderly transition with officially sponsored channels to be replaced with unofficial '##channelname' channels, but Freenode seized those channels suddenly.
Later on, they changed server software without transferring the user & channel databases, so every user and project choosing to remain there had to re-create from scratch.
And that was enough to bounce me out of any remaining #Freenode rooms which I was in via #Matrix. Iβll remove myself from the Matrix side of those same rooms and Iβll be good.
I've seen speculation that #Freenode changed their server software and the new staff did not know how to import the old database into the new. (To be fair, there's almost certainly a mismatch in the schemas.)
If they wanted to end the steady flow of channels and users leaving, this is one way to achieve it.
Pretty overwhelmingly against remaining on #Freenode. Seems pretty scattered on whether to choose #LiberaChat, #OFTC, some other #IRC network, or self-host.
Remember when #Sourceforge got new owners that started seizing the SF pages for projects that had moved to Github and pretending the project was active at its former location?
That's what #Freenode is doing in this policy change.
Not a fan of this, #Freenode. If you're not misusing your authority or users, you will bounce back from this split. If you continue down the road you've chosen, you will one day close the doors and ask yourselves how this happened.
You can move to #LiberaChat, to #OFTC, to #Rizon, etc. Or use #Matrix or an #XMPP MUC instead of IRC. Just don't "wait and see" and be surprised when your channel is targeted.
You can move to #LiberaChat, to #OFTC, to #Rizon, etc. Or use #Matrix or an #XMPP MUC instead of IRC. Just don't "wait and see" and be surprised when your channel is targeted.
Checking, I found this:
* Freenode account: closed.
* OFTC account: still open, but since I had no IRC client installed, no idea what channels / rooms I used to use.
* Rizon account: still open, but no idea what channels / rooms I used to use.
* LiberaChat account: newly created.
I haven't ever really been a fan of IRC. I couldn't stand it at all until I started using #SILC several years back. (I haven't used that in at least 3-4 years. I should take a look at it, again. When I quit using it, the channels I used on the main silcnet.org network were mostly very quiet.)
On the other hand, #Matrix's bridge to #Freenode seems to powercycle at least once per day, resulting in me being kicked out of rooms unless I identify to NickServ quickly enough. (If the #IRC side kicks you, the Matrix side obliges ... and the Element client does not even save that room so you can rejoin easily after you identify.
I dislike rejoining "#freenode_#roomname:matrix.org" so frequently. Maybe I should set up a bouncer and use and IRC client.
I was surprised to find that I didn't even have an IRC client installed on this laptop.
I guess that is a sign that I am free to move to LiberaChat ... but I may just wait until #Matrix has bridging to that network and then allow it to create an account for me.
The time may come for !gnusocial, #Friendica, #Mastodon, and other Fediverse software to move their #IRC channels to a different network. Hopefully, we can discuss and co-ordinate that move.