osmosisch Posted February 17, 2014 The common solution to this is to have a bot in there with ops and nobody else does, which is fine by me (in fact I'd prefer it over the "funny" kick stuff you otherwise will inevitably get). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted February 17, 2014 For those who don't want to install a program just for IRC. I've got some invites for irccloud.com for those interested Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coaxmetal Posted February 17, 2014 On 2/17/2014 at 8:36 PM, osmosisch said: The common solution to this is to have a bot in there with ops and nobody else does, which is fine by me (in fact I'd prefer it over the "funny" kick stuff you otherwise will inevitably get). Yeah I've seen this before. You can make it so certian people can tell the bot to do op-things, so it's like they are stealth ops. I bet there's a few open source implementations of said bot, or something similar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 17, 2014 We have like five times as many normal users as ops (approximately seventy-three times as many if you count all the toblices). This is seriously the first time I've ever heard of anyone being scared off by the existence of someone with the power to moderate a chatroom. Is this a real problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted February 17, 2014 Apparently not! As I said, I was just speculating. Let's cancel my idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 17, 2014 No no no, I'm not saying I'm against it! osmo also seemed to like the idea (although his justification was entirely questionable, as fun-kicking can be done just as easily through a bot as it can without). I just am kind of surprised. But if enough people agree with you, I dunno. also i'm sorta lazy and don't know how to set up bots and i'm sorta lazy so someone else would have to do it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted February 18, 2014 Hmm, I would have to figure out how to set up another concurrent screen to idle on quakenet as well as ircnet. I'll look into it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted February 18, 2014 I'm currently fine with the Op situation as is, FWIW. Going to trouble of constantly keeping a bot running and logged in somewhere seems like more trouble than it's worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted February 18, 2014 On 2/18/2014 at 7:24 AM, brkl said: Hmm, I would have to figure out how to set up another concurrent screen to idle on quakenet as well as ircnet. I'll look into it. Want an irccloud invite? That way you can idle everywhere 24/7 and just open the website when you want! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonCole Posted February 18, 2014 On 2/18/2014 at 6:27 PM, ysbreker said: Want an irccloud invite? That way you can idle everywhere 24/7 and just open the website when you want! That actually sounds awesome, can I get one of those invites? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted February 18, 2014 Can IRCCloud connect to multiple server groups at once? I have one group of friends on Blitzed, and then these other folks that are sometimes good for a laugh on Quakenet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted February 18, 2014 I'd put an IRCCloud invite to good use if someone wanted to chuck one my way... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darthbator Posted February 19, 2014 This is the shit my friends http://www.bitchx.com/ That's old skool irc action right there folks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/18/2014 at 7:57 PM, Dewar said: Can IRCCloud connect to multiple server groups at once? I have one group of friends on Blitzed, and then these other folks that are sometimes good for a laugh on Quakenet. From the looks of the screenshot on their website, then yes you can definitely do that. If anyone has an invite for that they can throw my way, I would appreciate it. It sounds cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted February 19, 2014 I would also like an IRCCloud invite, if Ysbreker hasn't been drained dry already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted February 19, 2014 These web-based IRC clients seem like a great way for someone to log and harvest vast amounts of conversation and network logins, for what inevitably nefarious purpose I cannot imagine. I wouldn't use them, personally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted February 19, 2014 Harvest vast amounts of chat room logs from... public chat rooms? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted February 19, 2014 I was just told, in the IRC chat, that there's a smiley of... OH YES THANKS, IRC CHAT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted February 19, 2014 Gormongous, you actually get an invite almost immediately if you just sign up over there. I got one pretty quickly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/19/2014 at 1:16 PM, jeremywc said: Harvest vast amounts of chat room logs from... public chat rooms? All of your authentication details and such are passed through it too, not to mention any private messages and password-protected channels. If you're OK with that then that's fine, but I've personally discussed some fairly private things on IRC over the years, not to mention have at times had privileged access to channels and servers. I dunno, to me it's like using some web-based thing for Skype or something: not a problem for some, huge problem for others — it depends on what you use it for. Just be aware of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted February 19, 2014 I read this On 2/19/2014 at 4:32 PM, Thrik said: I dunno, to me it's like using some web-based thing for Skype or something: not a problem for some, huge problem for others as this Quote I dunno, to me it's like using some web-based thing for Skynet or something: not a problem for some, huge problem for others Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/19/2014 at 4:32 PM, Thrik said: All of your authentication details and such are passed through it too, not to mention any private messages and password-protected channels. If you're OK with that then that's fine, but I've personally discussed some fairly private things on IRC over the years, not to mention have at times had privileged access to channels and servers. I dunno, to me it's like using some web-based thing for Skype or something: not a problem for some, huge problem for others — it depends on what you use it for. Just be aware of it. Yea, I get it. It is important to point out the privacy concerns there. But, seriously, securing IRC is on the same level as securing SMTP. Too much legacy crap that has poorly designed security controls around it to be trustworthy. Unless you've gone to some extremely great lengths with your operational security, assume anything you do on IRC is already public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonCole Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/19/2014 at 4:18 PM, BigJKO said: Gormongous, you actually get an invite almost immediately if you just sign up over there. I got one pretty quickly. Yeah, I had the same experience. Took like.. one hour for me to get my invite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted February 19, 2014 FYI, IRC Cloud is only free for 7 days after which it costs $5/month. A bit pricey if you're like me and #idlethumbs is the only channel you use. But the service is great! Seamlessly went from my browser to the iOS client, showing all the chat missed on between. Excellent stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted February 19, 2014 Or you could be a proper nerd and set up a bouncer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
