What is the purpose of channel #defocus?
It’s a social channel. It’s the home channel of the freenode project, a place for friendly, relaxed conversation with staff and users. Sometimes it will be forwarded to another channel, but underneath you may just find that the character of the channel hasn’t changed much. It’s not a forum for IRC politics or a place to flame the staff, on a personal or professional basis. It’s not really a support channel, though we probably won’t get too upset if you ask a question or two. Feel free to ask for help from network staff if you’re having problems.