I agree with the sediment based on my experience. One work around I found was to have multiple identities on the IRC server since everyone's IP's were cloaked

I agree with the sediment based on my experience. One work around I found was to have multiple identities on the IRC server since everyone's IP's were cloaked anyway. I had a a persona for socializing, one for NetAdmin and one for the "sysadmin in the background", at times even arguing with my self out loud just for fun. I suppose that is self deprecating but it kept the social version of me out of the administration dynamics. Each persona has to use a different writing style and that was super easy barely an inconvenience as the NetAdmin is very terse, to the point and the Sysadmin just gets things done. Not that all this really mattered, as I am very anti-censorship. I only kicked or gzlined the most abusive people and servers.