[talk] IRC Change for NYCBUG

[Peter Varga]

This is history with wisdom.  Definitely not a rant. 

Thanks

On Mon, May 24, 2021, at 19:07, George Rosamond wrote:
> On 5/24/21 9:59 PM, Peter Varga wrote:
> > This is unbelievable.  Freenode taken over.
> > 
> > We must make sure this does not happen to sdf.org
> 
> It's sort of not.
> 
> There's so much of the internet that has run on this vague and unspoken 
> voluntary labor force that kept some consistency.
> 
> Then those loose structures disappear as the old timers fade, and then 
> some less altruistic force steps in.
> 
> IIRC in 1995, '.com' outnumbered '.org' for the first time...
> 
> Anyone watch the wackiness of public suffix list?
> 
> Or this 'new' UCE mitigation "BIMI"? If DKIM had involvement from humans 
> who matter (eg, Eric Allman), BIMI looks like it was designed by IP 
> lawyers and graphic designers.
> 
> The fact an entity like Freenode could face a take-over for whatever 
> motivation shouldn't surprise anyone.
> 
> NYC*BUG is still here....
> 
> sorry for the rant!
> 
> g
> 
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