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Ah, netsplits were so eventful. I still remember the split-wars where groups would wait for a split to happen and gain operator permissions only to take over a
by hrpnk 5y ago
Ah, netsplits were so eventful. I still remember the split-wars where groups would wait for a split to happen and gain operator permissions only to take over a channel on the merge [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_takeover#Riding_the_split https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_takeover#Riding_the_split
- sterlind 5y agowouldn't ChanServ fix things once the split resolves?
- hrpnk 5y agoI did not experience that, but you're right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_services#ChanServ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_services#ChanServ
- lnxg33k1 5y agoNot all networks have services, for example that happened a lot on IRCNet which doesn't(? maybe now has?)
- techrat 5y agoChanServ is a relatively modern function of IRC. For a good while, still to this day on some networks, services did not exist.