Notices tagged with freenode

LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jul-2021 22:22:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/106546771511613058

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.
In conversation Thursday, 08-Jul-2021 22:22:51 UTC from web permalink
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1. mhoye (@mhoye@mastodon.social)
  
  from mhoye
  
  Just typo'ed a servername while reconnecting to an IRC channel, and accidentally put in libera dot net instead of the correct dot chat, and you wouldn't believe where I found myself: Back on Freenode. Who've apparently secured that domain, and are using it to try to trick people back on to their services.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Jun-2021 05:14:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
- Alexandre Oliva
@clacke @lxo

> 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.

In conversation Friday, 25-Jun-2021 05:14:27 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jun-2021 04:41:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Now that I'm aware of https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php I have been watching the usercount of #Freenode. This still says there are over 25K users. I would expect it to be in the low thousands after they wiped out everyone's accounts and channels.

In conversation Tuesday, 22-Jun-2021 04:41:54 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 22:04:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Users of the "new" #Freenode may have had their passwords compromised. https://nitter.pussthecat.org/plainoldchair/status/1403376203868815365
In conversation Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 22:04:38 UTC from web permalink
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1. Average CHIM Enjoyer (@plainoldchair)
  
  This is a sinking ship captained by a lying buffoon who keeps hiring untrained, inebriated orangutans and lying about what they're doing. Under those circumstances, I do not feel it would be helpful to help them pretend they're doing their due diligence in keeping things afloat.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 03:01:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://linux.chat/linux-on-freenode/

Another purge. Likely predates the database reset.

#Freenode #LiberaChat #IRC
In conversation Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 03:01:11 UTC from web permalink
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1. ##linux on freenode
  
  from OpenSourceCoder
  
  Last remaining >1000 user community channel seized by freenode staffLate in the evening of June 12, 2021, freenode staff seized the largest community channel left on freenode.They cleared the ##linux access list and established themselves as channel owners. In the process they kicked roughly a thousand remaining users from ##linux, trying to forward them to
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 00:51:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.fsf.org/news/update-to-the-fsf-and-gnus-plan-to-move-irc-channels-to-libera.chat [www fsf org]

#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.
In conversation Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 00:51:29 UTC from web permalink
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1. Update to the FSF and GNU's plan to move IRC channels to Libera.Chat — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
  
  from //about/staff/
  
  The FSF is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jun-2021 07:10:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I guess some of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Migrating_to_Libera_Chat is now unnecessary, since #Freenode wiped its database. It is likely that many formerly idling users will wind up moving to the #LiberaChat or #OFTC #IRC networks once they go to log in and find out their accounts and rooms no longer exist.
In conversation Wednesday, 16-Jun-2021 07:10:04 UTC from web permalink
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1. IRC/Migrating to Libera Chat - Meta
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 05:18:43 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
And that was enough to bounce me out of any remaining #Freenode rooms which I was in via #Matrix. I’ll remove myself from the Matrix side of those same rooms and I’ll be good.

In conversation Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 05:18:43 UTC from Shoyu permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 04:57:21 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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.

In conversation Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 04:57:21 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 03:26:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

What? #Freenode is starting over? Accounts and rooms / channels wiped? https://www.reddit.com/r/irc/comments/o01tmv/freenode_wipes_old_database_and_starts_over/
In conversation Tuesday, 15-Jun-2021 03:26:27 UTC from web permalink
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1. freenode wipes old database and starts over
  
  from dMenche
  
  17 votes and 11 comments so far on Reddit
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 27-May-2021 17:54:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Pretty overwhelmingly against remaining on #Freenode. Seems pretty scattered on whether to choose #LiberaChat, #OFTC, some other #IRC network, or self-host.

In conversation Thursday, 27-May-2021 17:54:06 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 26-May-2021 15:17:56 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
"Wait and see?"

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.

In conversation Wednesday, 26-May-2021 15:17:56 UTC from mustard permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 26-May-2021 04:23:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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.

In conversation Wednesday, 26-May-2021 04:23:12 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 18:18:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

This report makes it clear that it is now time for all projects to move off #Freenode #IRC. https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse

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.
In conversation Saturday, 22-May-2021 18:18:11 UTC from web permalink
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1. Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power
N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 18:17:44 UTC N-5-O-body
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This report makes it clear that it is now time for all projects to move off #Freenode #IRC. https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse

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.
In conversation Saturday, 22-May-2021 18:17:44 UTC from n5.federati.net permalink
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1. Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 01:13:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

So with all the fuss around #Freenode, I recently realized that I hadn't logged into #IRC directly (as opposed to through #Matrix) in a couple of years.

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.)

In conversation Saturday, 22-May-2021 01:13:37 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 01:01:41 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

And here's one from someone who claims to understand Andrew Lee's motivation. https://ariadne.space/2021/05/20/the-whole-freenode-kerfluffle/ [ariadne space]

#Freenode

I'd PING @xrevan86@loadaverage.org but with LA still down most of the time, maybe not.
In conversation Saturday, 22-May-2021 01:01:41 UTC from web permalink
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1. the whole freenode kerfluffle
  
  from Ariadne Conill
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 20-May-2021 02:50:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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.

In conversation Thursday, 20-May-2021 02:50:55 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 20-May-2021 02:42:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

It has been so long since I used my #Freenode #IRC logon directly (as distinct from the one that #Matrix created for me) that it is apparently closed.

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.

In conversation Thursday, 20-May-2021 02:42:35 UTC from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 19-May-2021 16:32:40 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- GNU Social
The #Freenode takeover happened. https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461

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.
In conversation Wednesday, 19-May-2021 16:32:40 UTC from mustard permalink
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