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> You'd think an IRC network targeted towards gamers would make extra sure to keep things secure and private. I don't think that. Why would you think that? W

• tetromino_ 11y ago
  Because gamers sometimes attract the attention of sociopathic teenagers [1] in a way that programmers typically don't. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/teen-pleads-guilty-to-23-charges-of-swatting-harassing-online-game-rivals/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/teen-pleads-guilt...
• derefr 11y ago
  Imagine two teams in a competitive game, who each use an IRC channel to coordinate. Each team has a strong incentive to get access to the other team's channel. Programming/systems administration has no similar competitive format that would incentivize MITMing. Some individual programmers might have a state adversary or somesuch after them—but that's one adversary attempting to MITM one user. In a competitive game with computer-savvy players, you could potentially see every player becoming an adversary against half the other users on the service.
• Strom 11y ago
  Perhaps not more than programmers/sysadmins, but there's a lot of harassment/DDoS in the gaming community.