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Gordon - I'd like to put forward my vote for moving to Libera.chat, and moving away from Freenode. Thanks for keeping track on your tally. Have a good evening.. On this date - Wed, May 26, 2021 at 08:22:25PM +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2021, Simon Avery wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 12:03, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > My view is that since Freenode is now unreliable and unstable that people > > > should move elsewhere anyway. The reasons and motives of the current > > > owners and admins are still unclear to me and probably will remain so. > > > > > I agree. Freenode today is not what it was a couple of weeks ago. Most of > > the projects I follow have moved off, either to Libera or Matrix or > > elsewhere. > > > > I hold a dim view of today's action where they arbitrarily decided that the > > word "libera" was banned in Freenode's topics. That shows poor management > > and, frankly, spiteful and unprofessional administration. > > > > Frankly, I don't trust Freenode any longer and will likely be removing it > > from my clients after at least 11 years. > > > > I think my preference is to move to the libera irc network, where the > > #dcglug channel already exists, and perhaps bridge that to Matrix to allow > > for slightly more modern clients. (Bridges are a mixed bag, but in a low > > traffic channel it might work) > > Just to add to the confusion - earlier today the #dcglug channel was > reinstated - I think 'seabass' did some asking, so for now it appears to be > back to more or less what it was. > > However... Having done something that caused a lot of unhappiness and > mis-trust once, I ask myself if I trust them to not do it again? > > I'm not sure I do. > > But - before any actions are taken by us - I really would like to ask the > members here for their feedback. I do not know how many people lurk here, > but if you have a view either way, please drop a line here, or to myself > personally if you don't want to post (if you trust me!) and I'll keep a > rough tally. I'm writing this on Wednesday evening, so lets see if we can > come to a concensus by Friday evening. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- Kind regards, Dom Rodriguez (shymega) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq