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Re:Goodbye Freenode by caramelcream on Sunday June 13, 2021 @02:13PM (#27494841)
>If I were starting an IRC channel for a free software project now, I would put it on OFTC, which has a real governance model with elections and - mysteriously - also manages to be drama-free.

I'm not sure if it's completely drama-free. During the community meeting on the future of FSF's presence on IRC[1], someone shared these logs:

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/05/01

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/05/03

https://irclogs.thegrebs.com/oftc/2021/03/30

I don't know anything about the context of these exchanges, but nevertheless they make me worry about their moderation policies.

[1] - https://www.fsf.org/events/community-meeting-on-the-future-o...

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Re:Goodbye Freenode by morelisp on Sunday June 13, 2021 @04:00PM (#27495833)
bagira/phanes is an extremely well-known troll, banned from multiple networks, who is likely clinically paranoid. Their moderation policies are fine.
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Re:Goodbye Freenode by Phanes on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:45PM (#27633220)
Hi, I'm bagira/phanes. The only networks I've ever been banned from are OFTC and Freenode, most of which is recent.

I admire your courage, anonymous liar on the internet.

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Re:Goodbye Freenode by Phanes on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:46PM (#27633232)
I should clarify, I'm banned on Libera as they are banning all of the Freenode staff. I am not banned on the new Freenode network.
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Re:Goodbye Freenode by Phanes on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:58PM (#27664378)
I should also clarify that the people who banned me on *(old) Freenode and the people who banned me on OFTC are the same physical persons.
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Re:Goodbye Freenode by ali1234 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:14PM (#27498907)
He's also staff on Leenode now.
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