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I think it's important to continuously warn people about the freenode takeover, lest communities end up split.

(see also: https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php current statistics)

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That’s why I implemented this warning in my client: https://twitter.com/quasseldroid/status/1397824682259329024

I have been watching that graph since this whole thing flared up and, if nothing else, find it hilarious when paired with the "freenode exists for FOSS" blog post[0] with this leading statement:

> The current global user count of freenode exceeds the user count of the 2nd-6th largest networks, combined. I am pleased to announce, the plan to destroy freenode has failed!

[0] https://freenode.net/news/for-foss

Seems like the transition is going quite smoothly so the warnings are going through despite the bans and channel closures. Good job to the libera staff and community! And definitively I'm saving that link.

I'm pretty sure the bans & channel closures have hastened the transition. People log in and see pretty much no one on the channel, search to see if something happened, and turn up the news about Lee fucking Freenode up. Then they leave, too.

/., Digg, reddit — centralized convenience is still too convenient.

Build out open standards well, instead of trying to get people to avoid services on principles alone (it doesn't go great usually).

thankfully, IRC is an open protocol, so for most people making such a change could be as simple as mechanically replacing "chat.freenode.net" with "irc.libera.chat" in their config.

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