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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:08:34 EST
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- From: Rich Jacobs <RJACOBS@CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU>
- Subject: Relay Ops and IRC Equivalent
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- Hi everyone.. :) :) Jim Glover said in a recent post to the RELUSR-L....
- >.....IRC has no equivalent to Relay's ops. But one concept IRC does have
- >which has been hinted at here recently is the concept of a "channel op" who
- >controls access to and some of the behavior of a channel (s)he has created, or
- >has been granted control of.
-
- This is one of the major reasons why I avoid IRC most of the time. There
- are *to many* people with higher privalages on IRC and I see this "channel op"
- privelage as being abused to a very high degree. I have been on channels where
- people are booted off for no reason at all. It is not uncommon to see 5 and 6
- people booted off a channel. When you have so many people that have that type
- of power, there is a great chance of it being abused. And I have seen it in
- action.
-
- I know that IRC has *many* more users than relay does, and I guess it does
- make sense to have some type of controls, but I think having a "channel op" or
- some type of equivalent for relay is really not needed.
-
- I think I speak for the vast majority of relay users in saying that we
- monitor and control ousrselves very well. If there is any type of problem it
- is usually corrected by the parties involved. If a problem continues than a
- relay op, or master op is called in. I think this method has proved to be very
- good. From talking to people on relay who have had some type of problem, I
- have heard nothing but fairness and impartiality from the ops!
-
- What does everyone else think?
-
- Take care everybody.....
-
- Rich (Maledancer)
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