We're introducing a nickname expiration policy change to help free up some disused nicks a bit faster than usual. It's called the "two week two hour" rule and it will start being enforced at 12 noon UTC this Friday (25th); see more here https://git.io/JnDzg

If you have used your account at any point later than 2h after registration, this policy change does not affect your account or any grouped nicks.

**Libera Chat** · Jun 20, 2021, 16:44

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**Ben Zanin** @gnomon@mastodon.social · Jun 20, 2021, 16:44

Jun 20, 2021, 16:44

Ben Zanin @gnomon@mastodon.social

Hey #awk squad: we're on @liberachat now, FYI. irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/#awk

C'mon by!

**Libera Chat** · Jun 17, 2021, 17:17

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**MacxCool** @macxcool@distrotoot.com · Jun 17, 2021, 17:17

Jun 17, 2021, 17:17

MacxCool @macxcool@distrotoot.com

Just went and registered my usual nick on #liberachat. I don't hang out on #irc very much, but it's a good place to go when you have questions.

**Libera Chat** · Jun 18, 2021, 06:05

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**sahilister** @sahilister@fosstodon.org · Jun 18, 2021, 06:05

Jun 18, 2021, 06:05

sahilister @sahilister@fosstodon.org

Got cloaked on #liberachat . It's easy and you can do it do - https://blog.sahilister.in/2021/06/getting-a-cloak-on-libera-chat/

#irc #100DaysToOffload

**Libera Chat** · Jun 14, 2021, 16:10

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**fsf** @fsf@hostux.social · Jun 14, 2021, 16:10

Jun 14, 2021, 16:10

fsf @fsf@hostux.social

The FSF and GNU are moving their official IRC channels to the Libera.chat network. Read more about the transition and rationale for our decision: https://u.fsf.org/3em

**Libera Chat** · May 28, 2021, 05:55

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**Kunal Mehta** @legoktm@mastodon.technology · May 28, 2021, 05:55

May 28, 2021, 05:55

Kunal Mehta @legoktm@mastodon.technology

A tale of two IRC networks:

#Freenode: kicked us out of our channels, harassed one of our ops on their home page, made supposedly "draft" policy changes to permit hate speech

#LiberaChat: participated in *our* forum to address questions about governance and non-profit structure and asked for feedback on improvements: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Forum&type=revision&diff=21500928&oldid=21500771>

Hmm 🤔

**Libera Chat** @liberachat@fosstodon.org · May 29, 2021, 20:55

**Libera Chat** @liberachat@fosstodon.org · May 29, 2021, 20:55

May 29, 2021, 20:55

Libera Chat @liberachat@fosstodon.org

Some big news to round off the trifecta of our IRC gateways: our matrix bridge is now available! You can connect to foo:http://libera.chat where #foo is the channel.

A big thanks to @matrix for their support - we know a lot of our communities view Matrix access as a big deal!

**Libera Chat** · May 28, 2021, 19:55

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**Matrix.org** @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org · May 28, 2021, 19:55

May 28, 2021, 19:55

Matrix.org @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org

RIGHT! It’s beta, but we have a Matrix bridge up for @liberachat@twitter.com: you can connect to #foo:http://libera.chat where #foo is the channel. Huge thanks to the team for letting us expose the network on Matrix! We are also working through fixing the bridge bug backlog :)

**Libera Chat** @liberachat@fosstodon.org · May 27, 2021, 19:03

**Libera Chat** @liberachat@fosstodon.org · May 27, 2021, 19:03

May 27, 2021, 19:03

Libera Chat @liberachat@fosstodon.org

Hi fedi, glad to have some more news for you. Today we've launched our webchat and Tor onion services.

Webchat is available at: https://web.libera.chat/

And information on connection via Tor is available here: https://libera.chat/guides/connect#accessing-liberachat-via-tor

Please note: Tor requires an existing account with CertFP/ECDSA challenge configured.

We know that these gateways, and Matrix, are a big deal to some projects, so I hope we can continue to welcome projects and hopefully we have news about Matrix tomorrow!