Freenode Exodus: A List (opens in new tab)

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87 pointszatertip5y ago25 comments

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Havoc5y ago· 6 in thread

Anyone notable that decided to stay?

Some channels I was in on Freenode were hesitant to move, but they were then taken over by Freenode staff in the wave of channel hijackings (for example, because they had topics like "We're discussing whether to move to Libera, please <bla>") which expedited the move for all of them.

swiley5y ago

That was such a shockingly stupid move by the new Freenode admins.

EmilStenstrom5y ago

There are three projects at the end of the list.

Jiocus5y ago

With #freenode themselves being one of them.

zatertipOP5y ago

Scroll to the very bottom, there's a couple.

voxadam5y ago

Well, one and a half; I don't think #freenode counts (for obvious reasons) and #forth is bridged into #forth at libera.chat. The only channel left on that list of three is #techrights which I'm not personally familiar with.

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Urgo5y ago· 3 in thread

Wow that is quite the list of channels leaving. Made me wonder what the user impact was. Thankfully netsplit.de is still around.

Graph comparing the top networks. You can clearly see the drop here: https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php

Freenode stats: https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=freenode

Libera.Chat stats: https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat

OFTC stats: https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=OFTC

rascul5y ago

This site was recently created and monitors the user and channel count for Freenode, OFTC, and Libera.

https://isfreenodedeadyet.com/

phoe-krk5y ago

It seems that Libera Chat is currently the second largest IRC network by user count.

wut425y ago

Don't take Netsplit's top 10 into a real "top 10", some networks are excluded from it (including freenode). However, Libera is higher than IRCNet in user count now (the top 10 isn't refreshed regularly). So technically it _is_ first in this top, and ultimately, number 2 behind freenode.

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zatertipOP5y ago· 1 in thread

A daily growing list of currently 451 public projects that have left Freenode for other networks following the takeover by Andrew Lee and subsequent takeover of many channels by his organisation. Some projects had 100 channels, others only one.

DominikD5y ago

Thanks for explanation, I knew I'm missing context here.

siraben5y ago

Repo author here. I initially compiled this list as a gist because I saw several informal collections being shared in comments and over IRC, but did not cite their original sources and represented only a fraction of the move at large. Over time the informal list grew and it became necessary to add citations. Please feel free to open issues or PRs.

dang5y ago

Recent and related:

Freenode ops take control of 700 channels - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27286628 - May 2021 (942 comments)

Freenode Exists for FOSS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27283964 - May 2021 (22 comments)

Welcome to Libera Chat - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207734 - May 2021 (526 comments)

Leaving Freenode for a new network - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207440 - May 2021 (296 comments)

Freenode resignation is official, not a draft - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27205926 - May 2021 (16 comments)

The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: “what the fuck is going on?” - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27169301 - May 2021 (8 comments)

I am resigning along with most other Freenode staff - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27153338 - May 2021 (269 comments)

clumsysmurf5y ago

A lot of people are showing up to android-dev confused, because the topic can't tell them where to go and they have no idea anything even happened.

hutrdvnj5y ago

TLDR; all relevant channels left Freenode in favor of Libera and some OFTC.

Seems to me that Lee did a great job.

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