Quote:Freenode has been the world's largest IRC network since 2013, with roughly three times as many users as its closest competitor, IRCnet. Last week, the massive IRC network was taken over by Korean Crown Prince Andrew Lee—a move that the network's staff has apparently unanimously classified as a "hostile takeover," although Lee himself claims these are only "rumors" and "simply untrue."

At first blush, it's tempting for an outside observer—someone who isn't already familiar with the history of the network's ownership and management—to shrug and say "well, who knows." Lee lays out several hundred words of explanation in a blog post currently featured on Freenode's front page—most of which sounds reasonable.

But the one question Lee never addresses—let alone answers—is why at least 14 separate staff members would quit en masse, all disagreeing with the story he tells.

(05-25-2021, 05:54 AM)vittring Wrote: There seems to be more to this than meets the eye. Hopefully we'll know more in the coming days, but I personally have a feeling that his family has ties to things on which the staff must disagree. Why else would the opers and users quit like that? I'll have to do some digging into this later.

(05-25-2021, 05:56 AM)Dismas Wrote: I agree. Likely some form of disagreement, though I wouldn't be privy as I haven't used Freenode in 10 years.