Freenode IRC

[Gregory Anders]

On Wed, 19 May 2021 20:39 +0200, Ruben Di Battista wrote:
>I suggest switching to Matrix. It's very close to IRC experience (but
>better), and it is more easily decentralizable. And it also works as
>bouncer.

The nice thing about Matrix is that it does not need to be exclusive. 

MacPorts can maintain a Matrix room (e.g. #macports:matrix.org) that can 
bridge to e.g. #macports on freenode (despite all the recent hoopla, I 
don't think Freenode is going anywhere and there's no reason to pull the 
rug out from under people who choose to stay) as well as #macports on 
liberachat or elsewhere. There is even a Matrix/RocketChat bridge [1].

[1]: https://github.com/exul/matrix-rocketchat