On: Goodbye Freenode

[caramelcream]

>If I were starting an IRC channel for a free software project now, I would put it on OFTC, which has a real governance model with elections and - mysteriously - also manages to be drama-free.

I'm not sure if it's completely drama-free. During the community meeting on the future of FSF's presence on IRC[1], someone shared these logs:

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/05/01

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/05/03

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/03/30

I don't know anything about the context of these exchanges, but nevertheless they make me worry about their moderation policies.

[1] - https://www.fsf.org/events/community-meeting-on-the-future-o...

[morelisp → caramelcream]

bagira/phanes is an extremely well-known troll, banned from multiple networks, who is likely clinically paranoid. Their moderation policies are fine.

[Phanes → morelisp]

Hi, I'm bagira/phanes. The only networks I've ever been banned from are OFTC and Freenode, most of which is recent.

I admire your courage, anonymous liar on the internet.

[Phanes → morelisp]

I should clarify, I'm banned on Libera as they are banning all of the Freenode staff. I am not banned on the new Freenode network.

[Phanes → Phanes]

I should also clarify that the people who banned me on *(old) Freenode and the people who banned me on OFTC are the same physical persons.

[ali1234 → morelisp]

He's also staff on Leenode now.