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I can't stop laughing at the irony of this post : https://freenode.net/news/...

in fact, all posts from rasengan on the freenode "news" site are laughable. If you want a good weekend laugh, you should subscribe to the site.

I rarely read freenode's news because it was mostly only technical update posts that wasn't too relevant to me. But now, this person is using an IRC network's news site as their personal ranting space and probably want to pass them off as "news".

oh, and apparently, they have too many designations that they need to use a new one with every new post.

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  • 0
    3y
    It's one of those posts that has some vague insinuations / characterizations of a thing but it can't / doesn't want to really spell things out outside some characterizations ... and it's not really clear to me if that person even knows what exactly is going on ...

    -discard-
  • 0
    3y
    @N00bPancakes do you have context of what happened at freenode? if you don't, then you won't get this. but you're almost there. you're guessing skills are good though.

    I should have put that disclaimer in the rant itself.

    but for others coming here : http://lwn.net/Articles/857140/
  • 2
    3y
    @shine

    Oh I know that was a mess. I was just trying to stick to whatever it is he "thinks" he's talking about.

    Dude seems like the classic type that is worried about freedoms only as far as he is concerned with getting his way.
  • 2
    3y
    @N00bPancakes I barely know what the fuck that opinion piece was trying to say and I concur.

    The dude wants freedom for everyone, as long as he benefits from it.

    True freedom would be anarchy, society has always needed rules to survive though. I guess in that regard, our version of freedom is constantly at odds with anarchy and chaos.

    🤷 But who gives a fuck, it's all an illusion anyway.
  • 1
    3y
    @sariel I don't think it is about "benefits". This person is trying to impose their version of "freedom" on everyone else.
  • 2
    3y
    Oh wow he's actually calling it the "Freenode Autonomous Zone" in official news posts now. Guy's completely off his rocker. Who needs a smear campaign when your own press releases sound like they were written by someone completely disconnected from reality?
  • 0
    3y
    @molaram if you don't know, you're better off not knowing.

    But if you don't have anything better to be doing, go through the link that I posted in the second comment.

    Basically, freenode was an internet relay chat ( IRC ) network that was run completely by unpaid volunteers; until someone came and claimed that they "owned" the network. And then things went rogue because of this person trying to strong-arm their way into control.

    And the rest is evident on the posts that the person has made on the network's news site.
  • 1
    3y
    @molaram freenode was close to heart for thousands of people. Because it was volunteer run, people didn't expect it to get this fate.
  • 0
    3y
    @molaram there was a major exodus and a 'netsplit'. The former admins created a new network called libera.chat. freenode is now left as a wasteland graveyard which is where this person is claiming "autonomity".

    There are more fun stuff if you go deep into the story, but I'm not going to be describing all the details here.
  • 0
    3y
    @EmberQuill they call freenode whatever they feel like according to their mood. You should go through all the posts by rasengan on the site and look at the signatures on each post.
  • 0
    3y
    I feel relieved by not raising stakes on freenode. It was bound to happen.
  • 0
    3y
    @molaram if you want to generalize in a metaphorical sense, sure.

    But in reality, it was about "asserting" ownership and control.
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