Post A8IUkdsN9FSfMwDaym by eryn@toot.cat
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(DIR) Post #A7d3MmxUb9MELQScW8 by kline@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-05-26T03:36:22Z
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andrew lee just seized over 700 channels on freenode because they mentioned libera.chat in their topic.This includes projects like openbsd, wikimedia, FOSDEM, etc.https://archive.is/uHw1g shows 720 channels that match what is being checked.here's an example log: https://gist.github.com/pushcx/ab2a1d5b1d18e964c581ef18ccb3a79fboost this if you care about foss in any way.
(DIR) Post #A7d82wya8vZXOPKVqy by jordan31@theres.life
2021-05-26T03:50:00Z
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@kline so, he reopened on topic channels? What's wrong with that?
(DIR) Post #A7d82xOSaiGwgfRBBo by kline@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-05-26T04:12:35Z
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@jordan31 he's purged channels that were even talking about libera. This will affect channels that were saying "should we move to libera? Current consensus is no, but opinions welcome".I know of at least 2 channels where this is the case - ongoing discussion with their hands forced.
(DIR) Post #A7dBVH9L21fnvkYjSK by joeyh@octodon.social
2021-05-26T04:55:29Z
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@kline wow, it happened to #haskell, which used to be a 1000 user channel, down to maybe 600 with a mention of libera.chat. Now down to 26 very pissed off users after Lee seized control and retopiced.
(DIR) Post #A7dBVIbjbvywS6qvM8 by joeyh@octodon.social
2021-05-26T05:02:08Z
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@kline one out of every 330 irc users was on #haskell! it was an institution. I hope everyone finds their way to libera.chat
(DIR) Post #A7dBVK4q9CrF0fTgMS by joeyh@octodon.social
2021-05-26T05:04:48Z
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@kline transcript of it going down https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/nl74hc/freenode_has_unilaterally_taken_over_haskell/
(DIR) Post #A7dBpsjezwUyICNGrY by lnxw37a2@pleroma.soykaf.com
2021-05-26T05:13:50.293006Z
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@joeyh @kline #django has also been seized and the topic replaced.
(DIR) Post #A7dFj5emxRbK9o732m by bshah@fosstodon.org
2021-05-26T05:57:24Z
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@kline also seems all of old staff got K-Lined.
(DIR) Post #A7dGQFXC6pYhFB8ljE by kline@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-05-26T06:05:11Z
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@bshah I'm painfully aware:Information on kline (account kline):Registered : Sep 03 20:34:12 2011 (9y 38w 1d ago)User reg. : Jul 31 12:02:41 2007 (13y 43w 1d ago)kline has been frozen by the freenode administration.*** End of Info ***
(DIR) Post #A7dSK8FzS83INxwVxw by tejr@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-05-26T08:18:33Z
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@kline I’m not sure I’m ever going to get used to seeing your avatar used as a preview link for this sort of thing hitting Hacker News.
(DIR) Post #A7dSOE1vvhjLRvJsJs by tejr@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-05-26T08:19:18Z
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@kline To be fair, it does very much resemble my own expression whenever I read anything about leenode.
(DIR) Post #A7dw4kIpEGb0NEqeMi by douginamug@mastodon.xyz
2021-05-26T13:51:55Z
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@tejr @kline Oh lol! It's Limmy! haaaa 🤣
(DIR) Post #A7edVvGmrEmEEf6GuG by robbyoconnor@floss.social
2021-05-26T21:58:34Z
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@bshah @kline Doesn't seem to be all staff though
(DIR) Post #A8IUNMzvjb6MMVekvA by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2021-05-26T04:29:50Z
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@kline they took over my two channels even though we were waiting to move to libera until the matrix bridge was ready. I guess that means the process was automated for any channel that had libera even mentioned in the topic?
(DIR) Post #A8IUT8l5aZwnw9SxUW by nytpu@tilde.zone
2021-05-26T03:57:38Z
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@jordan31 @kline He is forcefully dropping and then registering "moved" channels to give himself op and remove the previous ops (abusing his control over ChanServ, this isn't something a normal user could do) to reopen channels and falsely presenting those channels as the "official" channels even though they are no longer the official channels for those projects. It should be noted that the Ops never gave up control over their channels, they simply removed everyone's voice and changed the topic, a perfectly valid thing to do.One example: https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse
(DIR) Post #A8IUT9N1JYHxpnDFc8 by Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net
2021-05-26T06:10:16.561041Z
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@nytpu @jordan31 @kline Another Fediverse thread on this issue: https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/A7d3VZuH1myJ6gJS2C
(DIR) Post #A8IUjJfQnYO2P3X6QK by nemobis@mamot.fr
2021-05-26T06:27:07Z
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@kline Most of the #Wikimedia channels on #freenode were left alone so far. (I still have my previous flags on all but one of them.) Only channels which were redirected to a channel named libera or mentioned Libera in the topic were taken over, AFAICT.
(DIR) Post #A8IUjfmyYBUf0pEREm by brenns10@snake.club
2021-05-26T06:54:15Z
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@kline saw #osdev and #ircv3 get taken over. Such bullshit.
(DIR) Post #A8IUkdM75Benkt7phI by jordan31@theres.life
2021-05-26T03:53:29Z
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@kline actually some logs shows he changed it to off topic, which would seem right considering these groups abandoned the channel. Looks like house cleaning. I still fail to sew what's so terribly wrong, evil, and dangerous to FOSS by this move.
(DIR) Post #A8IUkdsN9FSfMwDaym by eryn@toot.cat
2021-05-26T07:54:05Z
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@jordan31 @kline look harder, then.The channel in question was just one example of the massive breach of trust that multiple sources have reported across the Freenode network post-takeover.If you see nothing wrong with a mass takeover of community channels by a group with authoritarian overtones and history of doing shady shit, maybe you need a reminder that this sort of manipulation, deplatforming, and erasure is a symptom of the toxicity in tech investments these days.What the new Freenode "owners" did goes far beyond "house cleaning", and borders on outright fascism. Idk where that falls on the "evil" meter, but it certainly isn't good or transparent or trustworthy.So again...look deeper if you fail to understand why people are upset about this.
(DIR) Post #A8IUpR6q2eVNDoGqGG by hankg@social.isurf.ca
2021-05-26T13:36:50Z
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The dumpster fire continues...
(DIR) Post #A8IUq81gTgvqKHBphI by bremner@mathstodon.xyz
2021-05-26T12:48:45Z
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@kline NewFreeNode: We love Freeze Peach!Us: put pointer to libera.chat in /topic to help usersNewFreeNode: Not like that!25-05-2021 22:59:32 < freenodecom!~com@freenode/staff: This channel has been reopened with respect to the communities and new users. The topic is in violation of freenode policy: https://freenode.net/policies
(DIR) Post #A8IUrY1NJYyNEnipQu by grimmy@mastodon.social
2021-05-26T22:44:57Z
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@kline Since last week, we've had a "#pidgin is live on libera" in the topic of #pidgin on freenode without issue. While adding another communication channel for our users means another thing we have to check, we will still make ourselves available where ever our users decide to flock.
(DIR) Post #AC5gySKbm943OWS4P2 by stern@tilde.zone
2021-10-06T14:42:46Z
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@kline that’s really scary, well that’ll drive the exodus.