From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 08:38:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F60F16A41F; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:38:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pfak@telus.net) Received: from bpd2mo2no.prod.shawcable.com (shawmail.shawcable.com [64.59.128.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB46843D4C; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:38:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pfak@telus.net) Received: from bpd2mi3no.prod.shawcable.com (bpd2mi3no-qfe3.prod.shawcable.com [10.0.184.122]) by bpd2mo2no.prod.shawcable.com (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IML003G6EMZ6OA0@bpd2mo2no.prod.shawcable.com>; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:37:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.151] (S01060012174ce02d.vf.shawcable.net [70.68.25.109]) by bpd2mi3no.prod.shawcable.com (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IML00K2VEMZUH00@bpd2mi3no.prod.shawcable.com>; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:37:47 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:37:51 -0700 From: Peter Kieser In-reply-to: <20050910064031.3351743D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> To: Jason Message-id: <43229B5F.1090800@telus.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <20050910064031.3351743D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) Cc: 'FreeBSD - Advocacy' , racerx@makeworld.com, 'FreeBSD - Chat' Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IRC X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:38:23 -0000 #freebsd on freenode is a worthless channel full of venomous channel operators who ban for grammar, and spelling mistakes. --Peter Jason wrote: >I have been IRC'ing now for around 10 years and find #FreeBSD on UnderNet, >#FreeBSDhelp on EFNet and ##FreeBSD on freenode to be useful most times. >However #FreeBSD on EFNet is a worthless channel full of venomous toads. > >Jason > >"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org] >On Behalf Of Chris >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 2:25 AM >To: FreeBSD - Advocacy; FreeBSD - Chat >Subject: FreeBSD on IRC > >I just wanted to make a note - in the past I pushed that FreeBSD on IRC >is a good place for users to seek help - Well, I have been proven wrong. > >While it's true there MAY be a few decent IRC channels that actually >offer help with FreeBSD, I can now say that I was wrong to assume that >the majority of FBSD channels on IRC offer any type of FBSD help or even >care if they offer help. > >While I can't speak for EFNet, UnderNet and FreeNode - I can say for >sure that there are certain channels on DALNet that are NOT help channels. > >While there are some decent users on IRC networks overall, it really >comes down to the management. And in the end - it's the management that >makes the channel. > > > >