The freenode digital autonomous zone announces the new "IRC.com by freenode" reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- funkie 路 2021-06-23 18:04 > from the era of net splits to the era of cancel culture. However, we're proud to announce that we've completely drained obliterated the swamp removing the shackles on progress This tone deaf intro is why some people simply shouldn't be addressing the public ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 路 2021-06-23 18:46 Disgusting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rro99 路 2021-06-23 19:00 What a clown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- anths 路 2021-06-23 20:14 馃あ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dtv-fx 路 2021-06-23 22:01 Even the first sentence doesn't make sense. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HCrikki 路 2021-06-23 23:37 ...IRC and FOSS were walled gardens ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MashTheTrash 路 2021-06-24 00:41 I can't believe that the biggest IRC server was taken over (and destroyed) by some deranged Trumpkin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SqualorTrawler 路 2021-06-24 01:35 This is one of the dumbest moments in Internet history. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Padawan00123 路 2021-06-24 01:51 I think we figured out why IRCCloud was banned from Freenode... it competes with the new app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pillb0y 路 2021-06-24 19:47 This ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] 路 2021-06-25 08:40 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HCrikki 路 2021-06-25 08:44 The MIGA swamp drained the community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] 路 2021-06-25 08:49 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hallothrow 路 2021-06-26 06:50 What he's using as the start is probably the founding of [irc.freenode.net](https://irc.freenode.net) in 1998. He's made these "freenode = irc" statements before. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThatOneRoadie 路 2021-07-01 17:25 That and the owner of IRCCloud said something that made Lee feel personally insulted, so he felt it necessary to ban every single user of his application for the transgression of daring to insult the dear leader. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bonch 路 2021-07-05 18:39 The dude is fixated on "cancel culture." He's mentioned it in other blog posts as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees 路 2021-07-09 01:49 > 1 score and a little over 2 years ago, IRC was created by the great and honorable Jarkko Oikarinen. Either something has gone very wrong with the calendar, or Andrew Lee is terrible at math. IRC was originally created in 1988 -- he's off by a decade here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees 路 2021-07-09 01:54 Opposing it or participating in it? His conduct after seizing control of Freenode makes me think the latter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bonch 路 2021-07-09 03:57 Opposing it. He blames all his criticism on cancel culture.