As you may know Freenode has been acquired by Andrew Lee in 2017[1] who now made changes to the network that made majority of the Freenode staffers to leave and create libera.chat network instead[2].
This is a very good thing!!!
Majority of those staffers are terrible people[4] that make Free Software community a painful experience for everyone[3][4] through a ways of constant harassment[4], homophobia and transphobia[5].