I am aware. Once I found that my registered nicks and channels are gone, I disconnected from the network, removed Freenode's config from my bouncer and never lo

I am aware. Once I found that my registered nicks and channels are gone, I disconnected from the network, removed Freenode's config from my bouncer and never looked back at Freenode again. Many other users did the same thing. Further, all the Matrix bridges to the now defunct channels got broken as well after the database was wiped out. That led to the loss of thousands of users who connect to Freenode via the Matrix bridge.