News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
[dead]
Re:Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 by ImPostingOnHN on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:35AM (#27300073)
Your reply does not meaningfully address any of the points of the post it is replying to.

Namely, a link to a HN post about a single commit to a single project does nothing to provide specifics underlying the below claim:

> "While group contacts from the channels did not contact freenode staff directly, we were rather surprised when we received reports of unpleasant elements operating in the background and influencing these projects, namespaces and channels with false information in order to harm freenode’s administration and staff members’ images and paint a false narrative altogether."

It's also missing an accounting of the actual decision made to takeover the communication channels of open source communities without their consent.

Re:Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:34AM (#27300067)
...that instance is a single person acting in support of freenode, after having not committed anything for years, with a rather lot of folks disagreeing. If anything, it looks like a badly-executed conspiracy in freenode's favor against the wishes of the community.
Re:Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 by gerikson on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:59AM (#27301065)
Some expansion on the commit here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27300829