As we've just noted, Techrights uses a self-hosted IRC network, managed only by us (and for us). We already thought about implementing it last year; the chaos at Freenode sealed the deal.
irc.techrights.org (a self-hosted IRC network) is now our only official network. No Freenode. It needs no explaining, we suppose, given what happened to Freenode (it's not even called Freenode anymore). For those are are new to IRC, a full IRC manual can be found here. But there are some network-specific 'cheatsheets', and it's worth reproducing them here, based on the message of the day (MOTD). The network recently turned 3 months in agr (compared to 13.5 years that we had been on Freenode). This is the self-hosted IRC network of Techrights, which prioritises free speech and privacy. We cloak IP addresses. Key channels in this network are: #techrights #techpol #techbytes #tuxmachines #boycottnovell and #boycottnovell-social
"We don't have a Code of Conduct; we trust people to be civil and the debates to be constructive."There are, at the moment, 17 channels in total and users should feel free to add new channels (but kindly refrain from unnecessary duplication). Days ago we had 62 simultaneous users online.
We don't have a Code of Conduct; we trust people to be civil and the debates to be constructive. People should try to keep on topic to reduce prospects of unnecessary conflict. For non-tech topics we typically use (for over a decade now) the channel #boycottnovell-social and for purely tech (GNU/Linux and Free software) we use the channel #tuxmachines (yes, for a different but connected site). ⬆