Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff

Post by ghoward » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #148

tyingq wrote: post #29

Freenode: Current global users 49980 Libera: Current global users 32769 Freenode's decline in users over the past month: http://www.hinner.com/ircstat/Socip_F_2.gif Comparison showing Freenode decline and Libera rise: https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php Probably won't be long before Freenode is effectively dead. Edit: Also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27502059 for a projection and more stats.

So what’s odd to me is how high freenode’s numbers still are. That’s a lot of people. If all the major FOSS projects have moved on, and with all the bad press, how is it there are still so many people on it? What channels are they on? Is their death greatly exaggerated?

Post by heavyset_go » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 5:50 PM UTC

ghoward wrote: post #151

azinman2 wrote: post #148

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So what’s odd to me is how high freenode’s numbers still are. That’s a lot of people. If all the major FOSS projects have moved on, and with all the bad press, how is it there are still so many people on it? What channels are they on? Is their death greatly exaggerated?

If you look at the amount of actual chat, it's already far below Libera. What this means is that probably most of the users left are either bouncers or lurkers that just haven't disconnected yet. However, this is speculation on my part.

Post by jeltz » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

_xy8h wrote: post #63

rodiger wrote: post #5

Can someone provide some background? What started this?

TLDR Bullet Point version. * Founder lilo/Rob died. * Christel became new head of staff. * Christel "sold" Freenode to Andrew Lee (of which was not hers to sell) and never told the rest of Freenode staff the terms. * Lee decided to assert himself by claiming he owned all of Freenode and that the staff had to hand over the keys to the kingdom to him. * Staff resisted, Lee used threats. Staff decided it was better to m…

Post by rascul » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

shadowgovt wrote: post #79

unixhero wrote: post #53

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As a flourishing community of the interwebs maybe, just maybe. IRC as a tool is certainly not dead. Former IRCOP.

How does IRC work on mobile these days? Last time I used IRC seriously, I had to get off the train because I was chatting more on mobile than not and the mobile clients were basically un-serviceable (IIRC, protocol is too chatty and stateful for reliable connection on a device continuously changing its physical network connection).

Post by ipaddr » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

techrat wrote: post #100

junon wrote: post #80

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Holy shit. This is crazy if it's true. > For example, he told-LTM employees that he wanted to hire a female candidate simply because he wanted to have sex with her. Similarly, Lee expressed his desire to set up a "modeling agency" in the Hollywood Hills that would actually be a front for illegal prostitution (i.e., the "models" would be paid escorts). To that end, Lee circulated a memo to male LTM executives advising…

It gets so much trashier shortly after that segment. > Making matters worse, Lee also had an ongoing relationship with a mistress that he brought to company functions and the LTM offices, despite people knowing that he was married. Lee met his mistress through a company offering female companionship for money. Lee abandoned his wife and newborn child to spend time with this woman, and their relationship was toxic. Hi…