[jiggunjer]

Why would you want to go outside freenode? They're run by a charity promoting free communication and have encryption for registered users.

[lambada]

So I want to create a new set of channels on freenode. From the home page (on mobile) I’m presented with the following page

https://freenode.net/groupreg

Which is a) very wordy. B) appears to essentially say “only certain kinds of groups are welcome”. C) doesn’t have a simple way of doing so instead being “reach out and discuss with us and then maybe we’ll let you set up shop here”