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I don't know how else to say it, this is a really bad idea. It's spam. If you scale this up, the few IRC servers that currently accept this type of behaviour w

I don't know how else to say it, this is a really bad idea. It's spam. If you scale this up, the few IRC servers that currently accept this type of behaviour will start blocking it. You might as well be trying to use blog comment sections as k/v stores.

Uptrenda 3y ago
Spam is unwanted messages that displace what you want to see. In IRC: channels can be set to private which hide them from the channel listing. So that the server continues to operate in the same way. The software isn't doing anything outside of what is already allowed by these servers. Everything from the number of channels a user is allowed to create to limitations on expiry are already factored in to how people use the service. If a channel typically attracts users and their discussion increases as more people join, which may happen over a very long time frame, then I argue that my design is actually less impactful than a traditional channel. Since it is not designed for discussion.
- Retr0id 3y ago
  Spam is any unwanted activity. It's visible to the service operators, and I predict that it'll annoy them, and they'll try to stop it. Apart from anything else, it'd start filling up their disks if it was widely used. Have you asked the opinion of any IRC admins?
- aunderscored 3y ago
  This kind of thing falls under spam. IRC networks are not your infrastructure to use for any project. At the very least, I can tell you that Libera would define this as abuse and actively remove it. Our servers are for users to chat, not for software to communicate. And to clarify on spam, this takes resources from the target of a given network. If that networks target is to be a platform for software communication, sure. But in general, IRC networks are there to relay chat, hence the Internet Relay Chat name. This kind of thing takes processing power away from users, and increases memory load on the server. Not to mention bloating it's services database.

Uptrenda 3y ago

Spam is unwanted messages that displace what you want to see. In IRC: channels can be set to private which hide them from the channel listing. So that the server continues to operate in the same way. The software isn't doing anything outside of what is already allowed by these servers. Everything from the number of channels a user is allowed to create to limitations on expiry are already factored in to how people use the service. If a channel typically attracts users and their discussion increases as more people join, which may happen over a very long time frame, then I argue that my design is actually less impactful than a traditional channel. Since it is not designed for discussion.

Retr0id 3y ago
Spam is any unwanted activity. It's visible to the service operators, and I predict that it'll annoy them, and they'll try to stop it. Apart from anything else, it'd start filling up their disks if it was widely used. Have you asked the opinion of any IRC admins?
aunderscored 3y ago
This kind of thing falls under spam. IRC networks are not your infrastructure to use for any project. At the very least, I can tell you that Libera would define this as abuse and actively remove it. Our servers are for users to chat, not for software to communicate. And to clarify on spam, this takes resources from the target of a given network. If that networks target is to be a platform for software communication, sure. But in general, IRC networks are there to relay chat, hence the Internet Relay Chat name. This kind of thing takes processing power away from users, and increases memory load on the server. Not to mention bloating it's services database.