diff --git a/_posts/2024-06-01-stormbit-has-shut-down.md b/_posts/2024-06-01-stormbit-has-shut-down.md index ed71831..7189933 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-06-01-stormbit-has-shut-down.md +++ b/_posts/2024-06-01-stormbit-has-shut-down.md @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ published: true There were a few reasons behind our decision, the largest being that the landscape of the internet today is radically different: In the heyday of IRC, there weren’t many spaces a community could call home. Today platforms like Telegram, Slack and Discord host large communities at low expense without any to run or operate any servers. +![StormBit's statistics over time](https://github.com/StormBit/stormbit.github.io/assets/440052/4a2294d1-c9ba-4747-a1e4-52ce34ec6f14) + Other options on the table, such as merging or moving with another network, but we agreed that closing was the right fit for us. While it’s not impossible that one day another IRC server will appear on irc.stormbit.net, the network we built has closed-down and this chapter has now come to an end.