Ubuntu, Wikimedia jump ship to Libera Chat after Freenode channel confiscations

Can someone explain to me what is the benefit of taking control of freenode? Is there an income stream or something?

The Crown Prince of Korea's motives are beyond our comprehension.

Feeling of power, IRC is his digital fetish and obsession.

To quote from https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/312... he said “Early on, I didn’t really know how to use a computer but I was able to meet people on IRC who helped guide me in the right directions and taught me how to code and about important topics...”

Not really, though a promotional logo and link were added to the website at one point.

I wonder when Rasengan will realize how much he messed up.

What a sad way for such a network to die.

It didn't die, it changed name.

or in a way it just got forked

mplayer also migrated