Goodbye Freenode
Many IRC networks have had drama.<p>But does anyone know the <i>motivation</i> for recent actions by Freenode?<p>I&#x27;m discounting conspiracy theories (e.g., flipping, sabotage) because I think anyone acting strategically wrt IRC knows that forking an IRC network has been part of the standard toolkit for responding to &quot;damage&quot;, since almost the start.<p>I&#x27;m starting to lean towards a theory of there being no longer being a business reason nor ideological reason to Freenode&#x27;s recent actions.  At least not after the first few days.