Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s crown prince

Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by JCharante on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:49PM (#27271491)

I had no idea freenode was run by volunteers.

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by tartoran on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:57PM (#27271533)

I had no idea it was still around. Was using it 20-25 years ago but I guess I moved on since. I wonder how much money the Korean heir sank into buying freenode and how well would he like seeing the majority of the userbase away..

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by ryanlol on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:30AM (#27274746)

Freenode didn’t even exist 20 years ago

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by tartoran on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:29AM (#27287106)

What? I beg to differ, you’re probably confusing it with something else more recent

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by fastball on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:39PM (#27319615)

Freenode was founded in 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenode

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by chrisseaton on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:55PM (#27271522)

Who did you think was paying for staff?

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Re:Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s cr... by JCharante on Monday May 24, 2021 @11:07PM (#27272214)

I assumed it was run on donations and corporate sponsors. I didn't expect them to have that many staff as well.

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