Am Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2021, 15:23:56 CEST schrieb Michal Suchánek:
Hello,
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:04:51PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
Hi everyone,
as some of you noticed, lately there've been challenges around Freenode, the IRC network that has been home to a number of openSUSE channels for years.
See, for example, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/freenode-irc-has-been-taken-over-b y-the-crown-prince-of-korea/ https://news.itsfoss.com/freenode-controversy/
I don't think being a Korean prince disqualifies anybody from operating an IRC network. I don't think anyone in the debate ever made that claim.
People leave for practical reasons like:
With the recent forced takeover of hundreds of freenode channels by the staff and adjusting the ToS around the time of the takeover to justify it the current operators have proven themselves unfit for running a community network.
It might be reasonable to ask if some more recent protocol like Matrix would be less prone to issues like this. I would agree, but the only really viable client is still just Element which is bloated and clunky. You can't use multiple accounts with most clients either.
regards