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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by codetrotter on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:27AM (#29712669)
Also IRC net splits used to happen often enough to be a concern a few years ago when I last used IRC.
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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by katbyte on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:38AM (#29712751)
And one big one just happened this year: https://ariadne.space/2021/06/14/the-end-of-freenode/
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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by codetrotter on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:27AM (#29713098)
As sibling commenter said, that's not what I am talking about.

Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsplit

netsplit is a disconnection between two servers

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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by chaosite on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:42AM (#29712776)
Freenode imploding was not a netsplit.
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