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- From: umcsiki@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Michael Csiki)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Kicks, Bans, Etc.
- Keywords: kicks,bans,
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.032721.7614@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 03:27:21 GMT
- Sender: umcsiki@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
- Organization: Educational Computing Network
- Lines: 86
-
- Evening!
- At the risk of being called a 'bleeding heart' or of getting
- profusely flamed for the forthcoming opinions, I'll state them
- anyway...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- IRC is fun.
- Let's keep it that way.
- If you're having a bad night, don't come on and annoy people.
- Don't sign on just to be obnoxious.
- People with filthy, scummy names - stay off.
- Please.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- (getting off my soapbox)
- *whew*
- I just wanted to relate an incedent where I was subjected
- to a continual kick some weeks ago.
- O pride myself on being a fairly decent individual, and
- try and keep the decorum of IRC on public channels, but
- I was continually kicked some weeks ago on a public
- channel for basically minding my own business. Sure I own
- a bot. But my bot doesn't have 100 names in it's auto-op
- list, doesn't scroll ops annoyingly, and doesn't respond
- unless directly spoken to publically or privately.
- Ok?
- Later that same night where I was continually kicked off
- of a public channel on IRC, I finally made it onto the
- channel (btw, I was banned after a while as well), I
- asked people why this particular individual kicked me,
- then banned me. Some stand up person said, "...oh, so
- and so was having a bad night was all..."
- Now...
- I understand that. I also understand that *I* call
- from my own home more than I do from campus, so *MY*
- phone bill reflects my irc useage. And when things
- get slow I will talk publically to my bot, and there
- have been nothing but nice comments about the bot.
- But now, I see that, "so and so" has created one as
- well, and signs him onto IRC and leaves him there.
- it wouldn't be so bad, but "so and so" creates a bot
- for on-line help??? This shows such a lack of con-
- sistency of behavior on this person's part that it is
- ridiculous! Especially after the bona-fide personal
- attack on me a few weeks prior.
- Ok...
- Fine...
- But now, his nick is so close to mine,
- and his bot's nick is so close to mine,
- that people might get them confused.
- All this is granted....
- Alls I want is an apology for the attack.
- Granted - I watchdog the public channels I am on.
- And do subscribe to kicking annoying, boisterous,
- and vulgar people when the need calls, but I think
- "so and so" was playing with me and decided to
- just use me as his rag-doll or pillow and abuse me
- on that particular night. D*mn unfair if you ask me!
- If this sounds whiny or complainy, oh well....
- Please don't waste bandwidth replying with: 'poor
- baby,' and stuff like that because it'll be a waste.
- I just wanted to voice my opinion on this incedent,
- and tell the world, that even when you mind your
- own business, try and treat people right, try and
- set the table for some fun on irc (and I'm not talking
- about loud, boisterous, annoying fun), you can still
- fall prey to jerks who can't make up their mind as
- to how they will behave towards others on IRC.
- Will they be nice, friendly, etc.? or will they lack
- a consistent pattern of behavior. Do I have to
- out out from now on thinking: "uh-oh <whoever> is
- in a bad mood - I'll give him or her a wide berth
- tonight...it's for the best."
- Best not even *try* and make friends then on IRC.
- I always try to positive, and in an 'up' mood
- when on, so.....
- what can I say?
- sorry - maybe this was a waste of bandwidth too. :(
- had to get it offa my chest.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Michael J. Csiki
- Internet: umcsiki@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Bitnet: umcsiki@ecnuxa.bitnet
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