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"WTF is going on with FreeNode?" From my read it looks like Culture War. > Andrew was repeatedly asked in the "policy discussion channel" whether slurs, racis
by clarge1120 5y ago
"WTF is going on with FreeNode?"
From my read it looks like Culture War.
> Andrew was repeatedly asked in the "policy discussion channel" whether slurs, racism and transphobia are now permitted on Freenode. No answer has been forthcoming.
The new owner either will not answer, or will not take a side, in the Culture War, so a bunch of users are leaving.
- kbelder 5y agoI have a hard time believing that a business will go out on a limb to take over an open network, with the plan to expand it and commercialize it, while also thinking "let's make it more like 8chan".