Just curious, tried LibraIRC but I didn't see any programming channel. Did I enter the wrong server? On Freenode I can see e.g. #c or #c++ which are channels with large amount of users.
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Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
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).
No idea, but Libera's Matrix bridge seems to work really well.
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's sort of my question. What's the end goal for Freenode? They're burning the network to the ground. Is there some positive outcome for them here that I'm missing?
My money's on ridiculous crypto exit scam
Either that or rasengan is setting everything on fire because he is a sore loser.
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#144Freenode: 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.
That low? IRC is truly dead But then again everyone is on Discord now so no surprise
Completely false.
#postgresql IRC has by far the most insanely helpful and in depth discussions of even the most trickiest of issues.
Re: Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
#145Freenode: 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.
Meanwhile on the freenode.net front page:
> The future for freenode and FOSS communications, indeed, looks bright and exciting. Stay tuned for many great things to come!
Re: Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
#146I didn't know anything about this guy but now I'm not a fan. I quit freenode and I cancelled my Private Internet Access subscription too. Neat.
Re: Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
That low? IRC is truly dead But then again everyone is on Discord now so no surprise
IRC is not dead but I was also surprised by those numbers. Random Discord servers for niched things have more users than those combined and the big ones have hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of users.
OTOH: IRC only counts users who are currently online. Discord counts every user who has clicked an invite link and "joined" the server, regardless of whether they are active.
Re: Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
#148Freenode: 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?
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#149Seriously, what's the matter with this guy? I thought he was just really naive but I can't see an explanation for doing something like this that isn't malicious.
> Seriously, what's the matter with this guy? According to https://corrupt.tech/1708590130-ocr-compressed.pdf : > During this time, however, Plaintiffs became concerned with Lee's mental wellbeing and his ability to lead LTM and PIA. Plaintiffs noticed that Lee was a habitual user of marijuana and cocaine, and would frequently abuse drugs in the office _in front of his employees. Lee often combined his drug use with…
Cringe level 9000. What an idiot
Re: Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
IRC isn't dying. Freenode is. And the communities are on libera.chat.
To be fair, IRC user counts have fallen 50% in 5 years.The biggest driver being the relative collapse of IRCNet and Quakenet from 50-60k users to 10-15k users, which is likely driven by the migration of the gamer and casual userbase to Discord. Freenode held on because techies were more suspicous of going to a closed platform, but even they're not going to split between Libera, OFTC, some not getting the message abou…
It's been going on for a lot longer than 5 years. Most of the legacy IRC networks (IRCnet, DALnet, EFnet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon) peaked around 2005 and have been shrinking steadily ever since.