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I complained vigorously about the acquisition to freenode staff at the time, due to rumors that Lee and Falkvinge had acquired freenode in order to attempt to
by nullc 5y ago
I complained vigorously about the acquisition to freenode staff at the time, due to rumors that Lee and Falkvinge had acquired freenode in order to attempt to surveil private security issue discussions between Bitcoin developers in order to further the high profile cryptocurrency scams they were participating in.
I was consistently gaslit by freenode staff. The current story that this sale is all a surprise is a direct lie. At the time I got nothing but platitudes about how PIA just had freenode's best interest at heart, etc.
I'm sure not every staff member was in on it but the claim that it was Christel is just not true. I don't see how anyone regards freenode staff as trustworthy at this point.
The time for long time freenoders to defend freenode was in 2017.
- modshatereality 5y agoThe admins knew this was going to happen, people need to stop spreading misinformation pretending that they were caught off guard.
- CyberDildonics 5y agoYou were gaslit through heavily controlled communication? Say it ain't so, that must have been awful. I can't believe someone would use money to take over a productive communication forum to manipulate the information there for their own gain. What kind of awful dishonest person would participate in something like that?
- swiley 5y agoI would expect anyone knowledgeable enough to work on bitcoin that wanted to keep a secret wouldn't be talking about private things over IRC of all places.