The Impact of OFTC's Latest Changes on the Perceived Scale of IRC Globally
LOOKING at the total size of IRC worldwide, or examining the usage of the protocol globally/universally and across networks based on longstanding (decades-long) estimates, what happened in OFTC less than a week ago is worrying. The OFTC Web site, the official news source for this IRC network, has not said anything since March, so it's not clear what went on.
IRC in general has not changed and we're still there, still growing:
If anyone out there knows what happened in OFTC last week (or why), please get in touch with us. We want to know.
IRC is still one of the more potent alternatives to the social control media conglomerates. It does facilitate true privacy (shall one pursue that). █