Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 27, 2021 10:07 UTC (Thu) by immibis (subscriber, #105511)
In reply to: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network by randomguy3
Parent article: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

The bot "locked" the channel, and then redirected it to a ## version of the same channel, which is an unofficial channel not run by the actual project team.

Freenode is saying: fine, your team can leave, but we are making this channel unofficial and keeping your users!

Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 27, 2021 20:43 UTC (Thu) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]

They did the same with many channels that never left Freenode but just referred to an alternative sister channel, and even at least one project that weren’t actively planning to move their official channels but (to stop the many questions about a move) just had a link to a web page where they said they would decide whether to stay or move once the dust settled.

Freenode stealing & blocking these channels pretty much forced all these channels to move.