I don't know about turning for the better -- since the very first response message in the entire ordeal was where I told tomaw freenode needs to be decentralize

I don't know about turning for the better -- since the very first response message in the entire ordeal was where I told tomaw freenode needs to be decentralized [1] -- but, yes, that's where we are headed! That said, forget about me in this ordeal. freenode is going to the people where I always felt it belonged, and we're all in it together. :-) [1] https://old.freenode.net/static/files/on-freenode.pdf https://old.freenode.net/static/files/on-freenode.pdf