Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 22:59:53 -0700 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Sean Kelly" <smkelly@slashnet.org> Cc: "Ron Rosson" <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and IRC Message-ID: <002d01bfb3fb$a2e5de00$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> References: <20000501183644.A75942@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <000901bfb3f8$c6d6f220$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> <20000502005033.A68966@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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> Just thinking aloud here, but when the #FreeBSD channel was made, the founders > should have known that people who needed help would randomly try to join a > #freebsd channel and ask for help. Wouldn't a more logical naming scheme would > be to have the help channel be #FreeBSD and the convo channel be #FreeBSD-Talk? > > You have to understand that it's not the users' fault that the names are so > undescriptive and generic. If it really bothers you that much, make some sort > of bot that sends a notice to people when they join that warns them that they > will be banned and refers them to #FreeBSDHelp. Ignorance kills. They don't accept stupid questions in #linux, or #eggdrop either. They all have associated help channels. Get a clue. IRC is not for the weak. If you can't take an occational kick/ban go back to AOL or DalNet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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