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the freenode irc network disappeared overnight, but everyone just updated their links to point at libera.chat instead, which has almost all of the same projects
by abstractbeliefs 5y ago
the freenode irc network disappeared overnight, but everyone just updated their links to point at libera.chat instead, which has almost all of the same projects, active users, etc.
It was essentially just an infrastructure change, which is the nice thing about open protocols and server implementations. Libera has 40k users and over 1000 foss projects that were on freenode.
the freenode userbase and community is alive and well, just under a new link
- jcpham2 5y agoI was a Freenode user for a decade, many more IRC networks in the preceding decade, since 1999 or so. I enjoy chatting with my friends and participating in projects realtime on IRC. I left freenode when all the bitcoin/monero related projects moved to Libera. Update your links, drop your nick registrations on the old network, register on the new - keep on trucking.