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On freenode and its commitment to FOSS (Andrew Lee's May 19th response)
https://libera.chat/ (new network)
Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power
https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_abuse
There have been several allegations of this since the handover of the Freenode infrastructure to its new custodians, but I can now provide a first-hand account of one incident — because I am the victim of it.
A channel which I registered, ##hntop, has been taken over by Andrew Lee (rasengan) without my knowledge or consent.
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Conclusions. In other words, it appears that a Freenode services admin, presumably rasengan,
- forcibly dropped the channel and reregistered it so as to put themselves in control of it, and render me no longer in control of it;
- clearly did this with the express purpose of frustrating an attempt by that channel's founder (me) to relocate it to another IRC network; and
- cover up the fact that I had sought to do so.
(Score: 3, Funny) by tangomargarine on Sunday May 23 2021, @10:47PM (6 children)
Hmm, now that I poke around with this a little more it's starting to make more sense. This Andrew Lee guy is apparently the official heir of the deposed royal family of Korea, which now has a democratic government, so he has a (semi?) meaningless title and possibly a complex about it.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 24 2021, @03:55PM
He's an official pretender to the throne and he has a fake title to go with his god-king complex.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Monday May 24 2021, @07:13PM (4 children)
I thought you were joking, but wtf the founder of Private Internet Access actually claims to be a Korean Prince.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lee_(entrepreneur) [wikipedia.org]
Real life is more bizarre than any tv show.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday May 24 2021, @07:46PM (2 children)
It sounds like more than a claim; they have a photo in one of the summary sources of the current 77-year-old dude giving him some certificate in 2018.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Monday May 24 2021, @08:03PM (1 child)
Well, it seems no more official than that time I gave my dad a "World's Greatest Dad" coffee cup, only to find out that lots of other dads have them.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday May 24 2021, @09:59PM
I would think that, in the event Korea ever decides to ditch their democracy and reinstate the kingdom, Lee would have a good legal claim to the throne if he's the oldest surviving member of the royal family.
Being able to prove you're of royal descent is actually worth something. The odds of that ever *actually* happening are still low, but yeah...
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday May 25 2021, @04:39PM
Wow, I didn't know that. Time to unsubscribe from PIA.
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