diff --git a/_posts/2015-07-19-ircnet.md b/_posts/2015-07-19-ircnet.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25be25c --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2015-07-19-ircnet.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +layout: post +comments: true +title: "Leaving IRCnet due to unwanted PMs and no way to filter them" +category: [english] +tags: [english, irc] +--- + +*IRCnet is dying network, one of the first ones, and it has no centralized + management, so nothing new never happens there. Three big examples of + missing functionality are TLS, Services and IRCv3.* + +I left IRCnet today, because I have gotten enough unwanted PMs (Private +Messages). Mostly there was nothing bad in them, but I have long history +with IRC harassment so I get very anxious every time I receive a message +from sender I don't know or more importantly [have approved]. + +* [freenode-harassment] - freenode staff had zero interest to doing + anything so I released the most troubling content. +* [ircassholes] - site where you can submit people who... + +[have approved]:{% post_url 2015-04-02-umode+g %} +[freenode-harassment]:https://github.com/Mikaela/freenode-harassment +[ircassholes]:http://ircassholes.net/ + +The missing features should probably also be opened a little: + +* [TLS (over IRC in this blog)] - Encrypted connection between you and the + server. +* Services - NickServ, ChanServ etc. NickServ allows nicks to be registered + so you can be sure that you talk to the person and not someone who + stole their nick for imposting and doing bad things as you. ChanServ + again allows channel registration and having access list so all ops + can always be opped automatically and voiced people voiced etc. +* [IRCv3] - Modernizing the IRC protocol with many improvements, such as + [away-notify] which makes server tell you every time someone on common + channel goes /away or returns. I mention this, because it decreases + bandwidth a lot as clients don't have to `/who`-poll to see which people + are away. Away-notify is also faster. +* [Caller-ID] which I miss the most and which is why I primarily left + this times. I am not explaining it again as I have done that twices. [1] + [2]. + +[TLS (over IRC in this blog)]:{% post_url 2015-04-22-IRC-over-TLS %} +[IRCv3]:http://ircv3.net/ +[Caller-ID]:{% post_url 2015-04-02-umode+g %} +[1]:{% post_url 2015-04-02-umode+g %} +[2]:{% post_url 2015-05-10-umode+g2 %}