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I used IRC from 1992 to 2019, and was gradually pushed away from IRC by years of harassment from anonymous/registered accounts. It turns out that IRC's anonymit
by floatingatoll 7y ago
I used IRC from 1992 to 2019, and was gradually pushed away from IRC by years of harassment from anonymous/registered accounts. It turns out that IRC's anonymity is incompatible with harassment swarming behaviors. I'm sad to see it fail as a social platform, but I won't miss it.
- Doxin 7y agoAny vaguely modern IRC server runs nameserv and allows you to block unregistered nicks from channels. It's not by any means a solved problem but it's a good stopgap against spam floods and the like.
- floatingatoll 7y agoYes, that was available, and didn’t help. But I appreciate the thought.
- dustfinger 7y agoThat is disappointing to hear. I have only been using IRC regularly since 2005. I have never been harassed, but I only spend time on tech channels such as #emacs, #python, #gentoo etc.