https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:53:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1977/why-is-the-i3-irc-channel-not-on-freenode/i3 is hosted on irc.twice-irc.de, not on FreeNode. Why?Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:50:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1977/why-is-the-i3-irc-channel-not-on-freenode/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1977/why-is-the-i3-irc-channel-not-on-freenode/?answer=1978#post-id-1978Several reasons: 1. We host our own git repository and don’t rely on GitHub either. It’s consistent to also host our own IRC network. Decentralized services are a good thing. 2. FreeNode in particular, but any of the bigger networks — in my experience — has a lot of netsplits, which is annoying 3. By using a separate server, we separate the wheat from the chaff: people who just join the channel easily to ask a troll question don’t bother. However, the annoyance for people who are genuinely interested is not big enough either, since all IRC clients support multiple servers easily.Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:53:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1977/why-is-the-i3-irc-channel-not-on-freenode/?answer=1978#post-id-1978