[Noisebridge-discuss] Should the NB board take action wrt IRC?

[Ani Niow]

That reminds me to ask for this access too being the IRC addict that I
am. My nick on Freenode is ani-.


Thanks,


-Ani



On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jeffrey Malone
<ieatlint at tehinterweb.com> wrote:
> Hey Andy,
>
> I see that you've added others to the ACL but haven't responded to my request..
>
> /me pokes
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 05:06:14PM -0700, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
>>> Group registration allows us to hand out host "cloaks" to anyone who
>>> wants more anonymity on IRC.  The cloak changes their connecting
>>> hostname from the host they're using to connect to something like
>>> "freenode/noisebridge" -- it allows people to hide where they're
>>> coming from when they are registered to nickserv.
>>
>> If you need an individual cloak on freenode, they're pretty easy to get;
>> no need to wait for Noisebridge to take action.  (The easiest way is to
>> make a donation and get a supporter cloak, but if $10 is a hardship, you
>> can bug a freenode staffmember for an unaffiliated one.)
>>
>> Wouldn't noisebridge cloaks run into the same kind of in-group/out-group
>> issues that you raise with ops, below?
>>
>>> have expressed dismay with it.  When (not if) the channel gets taken
>>> over again, I believe it would be best for people who are often around
>>> to be able to handle the situation rather than harassing two people
>>> who are busy and seemingly annoyed with the responsibility.
>>
>> It's not much of a burden for me to clean up the poop when the
>> #noisebridge shitfest gets out of hand; I just need to find out that it
>> needs doing, for which I have to depend on people who have more time and
>> inclination to deal with the normal fecal level on channel to tell me.
>>
>> That said, I don't see any reason not to have some people with chanops;
>> it's not much of a change from the current situation.
>>
>> If I've met you in person (or we know each other fairly well online),
>> you know how to use irc, and you agree to be reasonably careful with the
>> sharp nasty bits, drop me an email saying so and giving the necessary
>> information and I'll consider adding chanops.
>>
>> -andy
>>
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