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		immibis on May 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Freenode ops take control of 700 channels Doubt it. ## channels have always been unofficial. Nothing stops you making a ##windows channel or whatever

Tabular-Iceberg on May 26, 2021 [–]

It's the # channels that are affected. If I understand correctly, ending up on the ## counterpart when you try to go to # is Freenode's doing, not the projects themselves. I guess that makes ## channels official now.

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