Yeah, I thought we stopped posting freenode links here on HN a while ago. Kinda surprised about this one (especially since it is covered in detail elsewhere as well)
But lately, the Freenode fiasco has been on the back of my mind from time to time. If the same thing happened today, a good chunk of the comments would be cheering for Freenode. Almost every single article critical of the takeover would be flagged too.
Do you think?
I know Lee was a big supporter of Trump but there don't seem to be many of those here. And most people here seem to be highly critical towards big tech / big corporations. Ironically most of us seem to work for those, but I find that a comforting thought, that we can separate our own opinions from those that pay our salaries.
I certainly can, and I would have no issue deriding the company I work for if they make a misstep. Which they are doing lately :( They are significantly reducing our inclusion/lgbt/green marketing due to fears of being boycotted by the US. So whenever that topic comes up I'm right there with the pitchfork :) And internally too though I'm too little to have any influence.
So no I think the support for the new network would still be here today, most HNs seem to root for the little guy being trampled even now.