@miah @ripienaar in fact I'd say that the Freenode/Libera story is an enormous argument *for* IRC: some shitheel took over the domain name for a beloved network? The operators who still have the trust of the community can set up new underpinnings in hours and support 30,000+ active users switching over in days, and still spend so little on infra costs¹ that even a donations-only income is enough to support paying moderators.

That resiliency is impossible... except.

¹: https://libera.chat/annual-reports/