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>many users have bouncers that will sit in the channel the whole time Then I know they're reading. >and you have no idea who might be saving logs or where the
by qpery 8y ago
>many users have bouncers that will sit in the channel the whole time
Then I know they're reading.
>and you have no idea who might be saving logs or where they might be publishing them
If I'm in a room with you nothing stops you from telling others what I've told you.
- lmm 8y ago> If I'm in a room with you nothing stops you from telling others what I've told you. Sure, but I won't have a complete written record like an IRC log, and won't be able to credibly quote.
- gsich 8y agohow would one credibly quote on IRC? Isn't the chat log enough for you?
- lmm 8y agoMy point is that chat logs make IRC a lot more "on the record" than in-person discussions in practice (even if not in theory). Anyone who's keeping a log can quote directly from it, and those quotes are credible (if nothing else, because the person posting them doesn't know who else was keeping a log and can call out inaccurate quotes).