Re: Fwd: Re: bitchx (sucks!)
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 02:06:18PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
>
> >The ability of some IRCers to blatantly ban entire countries because of the
> >acts of a few is why EfNet is in a decline. Too many little kids fighting
> >for "power" in a virtual medium. It's funny in a sad sort of way.
>
> It was on dal.net and undernet, not efnet. I've not been on efnet in 5+
> years for other reasons. And in each case we were justified. When we get
> 20-30 people form the same country trying to clone us off a channel each
> week and maybe 1-2 "legit" users each month for maybe 10 minutes, well, you
> do the math.
Yeah, why should we try to improve our social life when a simple ban command
makes us feel powerful.
Banning and ignoring is the simplest way to deal with social problems.
Thanks,
Marcus
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