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Hi all, As of this morning (Pacific Time) we've "officially" moved off of the #code4lib Freenode channel for Libera, disconnecting to the temporary bridge between the Freenode and Libera channels. Zoia the bot still needs to be moved, and I'm hoping someone (maybe Geoffrey Spear or Jay Luker) can help with getting that set up as I don't have access to do so. Thanks to Jez and anelki for their support in bridging channels between Freenode, Libera, Slack, and Matrix! cheers, Mark -- Mark A. Matienzo PO Box 80831 Unceded Duwamish Lands / Seattle, WA 98108 https://matienzo.org/ On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 12:42 PM Mark A. Matienzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > As some of you may be aware, the former head of Freenode ltd., the holding > company for the Freenode IRC network, sold the organization to a third > party und terms that hadn't been disclosed to staff. Most Freenode staff > (e.g. [0], [1]) have resigned their posts and are urging communities that > use Freenode for IRC to abandon the network. This has become even more > urgent given recently reported routine abuses of power [2] and a rollback > on Freenode policy banning hate speech. [3] > > Former Freenode staffers have founded a new IRC network, Libera.chat. A > handful of us (thanks, jeff) have started to set up a new #code4lib channel > there [4], although there's work to do to relocate zoia, the Code4lib IRC > bot, and update the web pages [5]. > > As always, this is a reminder that we don't have good processes or > policies for dealing with these sorts of changes in the Code4lib community. > This was not a unilateral decision, but one informed by a number of other > folks in IRC. > > cheers, > Mark > > [0]: https://www.kline.sh/ > [1]: https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt > [2]: https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse > [3]: https://github.com/freenode/web-7.0/pull/513/files > [4]: ircs://irc.libera.chat/code4lib > [5]: https://github.com/code4lib/code4lib.github.io/pull/52 > > > -- > Mark A. Matienzo > PO Box 80831 > Unceded Duwamish Lands / Seattle, WA 98108 > https://matienzo.org/ >