a popular IRC network has been taken over by a private owner. The users don't like that and are leaving. It was around for a long time so for many of those user

a popular IRC network has been taken over by a private owner. The users don't like that and are leaving. It was around for a long time so for many of those users it's effecting them negatively. I would imagine that these users could start a new network? If you were not part of the community you are likely not impacted.