Looks like there's a mirror channel ##ob-freenode-policy-feedback on Libera if you want to peek at the insane drama happening on freenode right now.
The fact that multiple linux communities *migrated the entirety of their live chat ecosystems, nearly over-night to Matrix*... and I still can't join Libera from Matrix without ruffling feathers... it's not a good look for Libera. Meanwhile I'm in multiple Matrix spaces with ... jfc post-2000 communications functionality. Moderation? wew boy!
But then again, I appreciate not-being-jerked-around like HN making me fill out captchas that even CF has given up on. Yeah, ok buddy.
Anyway, I do kind of feel like a jerk, because these are volunteers and blah blah blah, but so are the people that moved the [X], [Y], and [Z] communities to Matrix (again, seeingly overnight, the result of their careful planning and thought... they saw Freenode coming, as many did, and apparently starting working behind the scenes)
So on one hand, I've got multiple big communities I'm in... that saw the writing on the wall, appropriately planned and got ahead of it... and then *one of the directly involved parties* who seems to be ... behind the ball - from both a technical and community-building standpoint.
Anyway, I hope the Libera folks have fun, the Matrix servers I'm on are ... much more active than their IRC predecessors. Like, it's not even close.
EDIT: maybe this is off-topic, but I joined the listed chat room only to find out it's not actually bridged yet. So... hence this post.
To be fair to the libera folks, it seemed that they expected to have more time (or even avoid this entirely) and got caught off guard when the resignation drafts became public.
(Full disclosure I am NOT affiliated with the Matrix project in any way)