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does this mean there will be an equivalent of robots.txt for IRC chat rooms?
by cstejerean 19y ago
does this mean there will be an equivalent of robots.txt for IRC chat rooms?
- izak30 19y agoI'm assuming; people have been using IRC bots for years.
- cdr 19y agoSomething similar has already happened with Bottler/Blotter XDCC scripts ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottler_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottler_(IRC_client) ). Bottler authors wanted channels to "opt out" by putting strings in the topic, but most channels instead implemented scripts that detect and kickban Bottlers.
- cstejerean 19y agoit was easier for botler since it send requests to all users of the channel. Detecting bits that simply sit there and monitor all data might be harder. Although this might be a violation of the TOS on some networks.