I'm sure that the culture is very privacy/tech savvy, but Freenode even couldn't be bothered to enforce TLS on all connections. There's no need for overt collab

I'm sure that the culture is very privacy/tech savvy, but Freenode even couldn't be bothered to enforce TLS on all connections. There's no need for overt collaboration at that point since communication is just wide-open for spying. It appeals primarily to a subset of Web 1.0 enthusiasts.