So what does that mean?
do I have to stay logged in all the time or at least once a week or so?
because I don't usually stay logged in all the time..

So what does that mean?
do I have to stay logged in all the time or at least once a week or so?
because I don't usually stay logged in all the time..

My interpretation is that this rule change only impacts accounts where the only usage was within 2 hours of registration.

No, if you used your nick more than two hours after you registered it, you're fine. This is (I'm guessing) about cleaning up all the Freenode nicknames people snatched up early in the network's lifetime and then sat on.

So what does that mean?
do I have to stay logged in all the time or at least once a week or so?
because I don't usually stay logged in all the time..

You need to log in once every 10 weeks. Unless your account is less than two weeks old, then you have to log in at least once 2 hours after registration, and then once every 10 weeks. I think.

So what does that mean?
do I have to stay logged in all the time or at least once a week or so?
because I don't usually stay logged in all the time..

No.

Don't create an account and then never use it. That's what it means.

You don't have to stay logged in all the time.

It's just a policy change to stop people from hoarding nicknames and then never actually using them.

Was this 10 week rule present on the former Freenode network? I remember that I got almost a year without logging on freenode and my account worked fine.

this 10 week rule was present on the former Freenode network? I remember that I got almost a year without logging on freenode and my account worked fine.

yes, but someone could have asked for it to be dropped during that time. It doesn't get dropped automatically, but it's considered expired and could be dropped if someone wanted it, since you hadn't logged in and reset the timer.

Are you enabling automatic nickname expiration?

@Mikaela no, as with the 10 week rule someone actually have to ask for the nickname for it to be dropped

@Mikaela No.

To clarify for everyone here I'm going to reiterate what I've been saying in #libera: If you have ever been logged into your account while it was more than two hours old, your account and nicks are not affected by this change, and never will be.

To clarify for everyone here I'm going to reiterate what I've been saying in #libera: If you have ever been logged into your account while it was more than two hours old, your account and nicks are not affected by this change, and never will be.

That's great to hear. I suppose it's the section on grouped nicks that's a little unclear for me. Does this apply to those as well? While I use my account regularly, I have a few grouped nicks that identify me on other platforms (or are often used as aliases like {nick}_ and {nick}__) that I keep reserved to avoid people impersonating me. However, I rarely use them directly as a primary identity on Libera.Chat. Will I need to cycle through these grouped nicks on a regular basis to ensure they don't become eligible for expiration?

That's great to hear. I suppose it's the section on grouped nicks that's a little unclear for me. Does this apply to those as well? While I use my account regularly, I have a few grouped nicks that identify me on other platforms (or are often used as aliases like {nick}_ and {nick}__) that I keep reserved to avoid people impersonating me. However, I rarely use them directly as a primary identity on Libera.Chat. Will I need to cycle through these grouped nicks on a regular basis to ensure they don't become eligible for expiration?

Same for me here, less the impersonating part, but the only nick I had (before the move) and have (now) registered is {nick}_ which is also configured in all my clients as my alternative nick. In a perfect world auth on reconnect would always work, but the years have shown that this works well enough if you still have a ghost {nick} lingering.

Is this simply a real edge case or do we simply need to use our alt nick for a bit now? Because of course it was registered at the start and without sifting through logs I couldn't tell you now if I got disconnected and had used it in the last month.

Per https://fosstodon.org/@liberachat/106455700549327417 (thanks kline) I think I misunderstood, but the wording really needs clarification. (so semi-ignore my last post)

While I am generally positive about a nick expiration policy I am a bit doubtful about the current attempt.
Users that have been logged in regularly for more than six months should - IMHO - get at least 6 months worth of account protection by default.
A mere ten weeks can easily go by when you have an accident or get seriously sick and then your lost account adds up to the pile of other undeserved hassles that usually come along with such a blow of fate.
Please think about that. Just my 2c.

How about also giving the user a grace period, notifying them that they have to login once within the next X amount of days/weeks to reclaim their account if another user requests to have the nick. As in, give the original owner a chance to respond to a nick drop request. This way, users don't suddenly lose their account without warning. If this is already how it works, my bad.

Just my 2c 2.