> That is indeed the view generally taken by those with a loud voice, who are not under constant threat. If words on an IRC channel are a constant threat to you then maybe you should not go online

inb4 banned from github

Removed section: "Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered off-topic, as are inappropriate advertising, heavy media file trading, proprietary game software modding, warez, porn and various forms of antisocial behaviour, including (but not limited to) political, racial, ethnic, religious or gender-related invective." Replaced with: "Off topic channels are required to act in **good faith in accordance to the freenode community** as a whole. Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered off-topic, as are inappropriate advertising such as unused channels for the purpose of polluting the channel list results, transmission of illicit content such as warez or illegal content, spam, or squatting a namespace preventing others from utilizing it." Sounds like "Whatever we feel like should be allowed without stating what that is." Plus, "Physical crime etc, channel misrepresentation, cyber crime, spam, and squatting." Overall, an improvement to freedom on freenode. Looks like Kim Jong-Un South is targeting a different demographic. Too bad freenode is likely to become an ad and privacy nightmare. Also worth noting, that the previous demographic was people who wanted discussion instead of flame-wars. The old guard was very carful in filtering out anything that might raise the temperature of the chat and making the channels a curated space.

They did this to look hip and to keep their users - after taking over?