Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
Posted May 27, 2021 0:02 UTC (Thu) by bentley (subscriber, #93468)In reply to: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network by flussence
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I think this is pretty in line with silicon valley VC tactics though: spend money to obtain users, and then pivot to start monetizing the users. It seems that Lee maybe wanted to start using Freenode to advertise his companies? Whatever the plan was, it looks like it backfired spectacularly.