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These channels were already already closed. We removed the topics and forwarded users to an off-topic channel with the same name. If your channel was incorrec

These channels were already already closed. We removed the topics and forwarded users to an off-topic channel with the same name. If your channel was incorrectly marked in this, please let our staff know and we'll remediate it asap. Thank you for your patience!

techrat 5y ago
By doing what you have just done, you have shown every FOSS project that you cannot be trusted, are vindictive and will retaliate against any project using your service for any perceived slight. You are everything you accused ex Staffers of being: An abusive operator with a massive chip on his shoulder. You are too immature to be trusted to run one channel, nevermind an entire IRC network. You are poison and everything you touch will die. Freenode will not be the exception. --- Decided to go through and grep my irssi logs. Andy, remember saying this in #freenode about ten days ago? 08:57 < rasengan> You ban abusively, and haven’t really helped freenode at all until now. Freenode policies have been shaped for you and your posse to extract value and now you’re holding it hostage while asking people to go to another network. Aged like fine milk, that one... Banning abusively... Haven't really helped Freenode... Freenode policies being shaped for you and your posse... Holding it hostage... I'd ask you if all of this is really what you want to be remembered for, but the more important thing is that we're all going to get on just fine without you.
- db48x 5y ago
  Agreed. I thought last week that all this was a tempest in a teapot and I wasn’t going to bother thinking about it. Today’s drama is a pretty convincing demonstration that Freenode is not a stable place to hold discussions any more. There’s plenty of other irc networks out there.
vifon 5y ago
> If your channel was incorrectly marked in this, please let our staff know and we'll remediate it asap. Ah yes, shoot first, ask questions later. Two of my channels just got hijacked this way and I'm not in a mood to jump through your hoops now.
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wally4000 5y ago
No they were not, our namespace was still on both networks. To accommodate for BOTH networks. Users were able to stay on either network. I was willing to give you a chance but now, that chance is gone. Thanks for nothing
spicywasabi 5y ago
these channels weren't abandoned, chatting one minute and banned the next isn't "abandoned"
Libcat99 5y ago
You are burning down the network around you and complaining that others are starting fires.
dave_universetf 5y ago
Just tried to do this to reclaim a channel you stole from its community. Your staff greeted me with nothing but silence. Your aim is very clearly to establish a fiefdom, and damn those who get in the way. "And you're, what, a petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad little king of a sad little hill."
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Tatarize 5y ago
We have deprecated the function "get_channel()" please use ".channel" instead... Deprecated eh, you mean abandoned. Deprecated function removed immediately!
Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 5y ago
The official go channel (#go-nuts) on freenode had in the topic "we're also on libera.chat, if freenode dies" (or something very close to that, quoting from memory, I don't log IRC) and yet it was shut down due to "policy violation", forwarded to ## namespace and the topic removed. I for one just wanted things to be quiet. I understand it's frustrating to have channels pointing to a different network and users on your network trying to get people to leave. Even assuming, for the sake of argument, your intentions are good, how on earth was that just now considered a good move? Any basis for arguing you're acting in good faith you've pretty much destroyed at this point. Your attempts to give this a positive spin on freenode.net[1] aren't very convincing either. Not a fan of old Freenode staff. But the best alternatives definitely seem to be libera.chat and oftc! [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231635/https://freenode.net/news/for-foss https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231635/https://freenode.... (archive link in case freenode.net gets edited)
sillysaurusx 5y ago
Man, I was one of the few people who tried to stick up for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236832 It’s like you went out of your way to make the worst possible decision at every step. All you had to do was nothing, and let the people go who wanted to go. But now people are going to actively fight you.
Ccecil 5y ago
Goodbye #reprap@freenode You will be missed.
Karrot_Kream 5y ago
Look, I've found Freenode to be insularly run for the longest time and was no fan of the old staff. That said, this is bullshit. Being frustrated about having topics call out a new network is frustrating, surely, but you should not seize channels with no notification from their owners and move them to the off-topic namespace. You've hurt so many more than just the staff. Grow up.
imode 5y ago
You're a disgusting pile of shit. Hope you're arrested and thrown in jail for that Mt. Gox shit.
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account. Personal attacks like this aren't allowed here, regardless of whom you're attacking. You may not owe the other person better or feel that you do, but you owe this community much better if you're participating here. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

techrat 5y ago

By doing what you have just done, you have shown every FOSS project that you cannot be trusted, are vindictive and will retaliate against any project using your service for any perceived slight. You are everything you accused ex Staffers of being: An abusive operator with a massive chip on his shoulder. You are too immature to be trusted to run one channel, nevermind an entire IRC network. You are poison and everything you touch will die. Freenode will not be the exception. --- Decided to go through and grep my irssi logs. Andy, remember saying this in #freenode about ten days ago? 08:57 < rasengan> You ban abusively, and haven’t really helped freenode at all until now. Freenode policies have been shaped for you and your posse to extract value and now you’re holding it hostage while asking people to go to another network. Aged like fine milk, that one... Banning abusively... Haven't really helped Freenode... Freenode policies being shaped for you and your posse... Holding it hostage... I'd ask you if all of this is really what you want to be remembered for, but the more important thing is that we're all going to get on just fine without you.

db48x 5y ago
Agreed. I thought last week that all this was a tempest in a teapot and I wasn’t going to bother thinking about it. Today’s drama is a pretty convincing demonstration that Freenode is not a stable place to hold discussions any more. There’s plenty of other irc networks out there.

vifon 5y ago

> If your channel was incorrectly marked in this, please let our staff know and we'll remediate it asap. Ah yes, shoot first, ask questions later. Two of my channels just got hijacked this way and I'm not in a mood to jump through your hoops now.

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wally4000 5y ago

No they were not, our namespace was still on both networks. To accommodate for BOTH networks. Users were able to stay on either network. I was willing to give you a chance but now, that chance is gone. Thanks for nothing

spicywasabi 5y ago

these channels weren't abandoned, chatting one minute and banned the next isn't "abandoned"

Libcat99 5y ago

You are burning down the network around you and complaining that others are starting fires.

dave_universetf 5y ago

Just tried to do this to reclaim a channel you stole from its community. Your staff greeted me with nothing but silence. Your aim is very clearly to establish a fiefdom, and damn those who get in the way. "And you're, what, a petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad little king of a sad little hill."

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Tatarize 5y ago

We have deprecated the function "get_channel()" please use ".channel" instead... Deprecated eh, you mean abandoned. Deprecated function removed immediately!

Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 5y ago

The official go channel (#go-nuts) on freenode had in the topic "we're also on libera.chat, if freenode dies" (or something very close to that, quoting from memory, I don't log IRC) and yet it was shut down due to "policy violation", forwarded to ## namespace and the topic removed. I for one just wanted things to be quiet. I understand it's frustrating to have channels pointing to a different network and users on your network trying to get people to leave. Even assuming, for the sake of argument, your intentions are good, how on earth was that just now considered a good move? Any basis for arguing you're acting in good faith you've pretty much destroyed at this point. Your attempts to give this a positive spin on freenode.net[1] aren't very convincing either. Not a fan of old Freenode staff. But the best alternatives definitely seem to be libera.chat and oftc! [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231635/https://freenode.net/news/for-foss https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231635/https://freenode.... (archive link in case freenode.net gets edited)

sillysaurusx 5y ago

Man, I was one of the few people who tried to stick up for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236832 It’s like you went out of your way to make the worst possible decision at every step. All you had to do was nothing, and let the people go who wanted to go. But now people are going to actively fight you.

Ccecil 5y ago

Goodbye #reprap@freenode You will be missed.

Karrot_Kream 5y ago

Look, I've found Freenode to be insularly run for the longest time and was no fan of the old staff. That said, this is bullshit. Being frustrated about having topics call out a new network is frustrating, surely, but you should not seize channels with no notification from their owners and move them to the off-topic namespace. You've hurt so many more than just the staff. Grow up.

imode 5y ago

You're a disgusting pile of shit. Hope you're arrested and thrown in jail for that Mt. Gox shit.

dang 5y ago
We've banned this account. Personal attacks like this aren't allowed here, regardless of whom you're attacking. You may not owe the other person better or feel that you do, but you owe this community much better if you're participating here. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.