So I hadn't been on IRC in ages. Joined back an old network a week ago. Everything going fine. I told ONE person a week ago I was trans in PM after he couldn't tell from a few photos I shared, when the topic came up.

Fast forward to today, some guy is claiming a lot of people in a certain religion are pedophiles and I say I know they aren't as I'm one and I name drop an important figure in it I've talked to once. Now, earlier maybe 20 mins before I did link a selfie in relation to a joke. The guy suddenly thinks that the picture was me with this guy and claims I had a pic with a pedophile.

After he actually looks like it he calls me a "fat chick" (im not fat btw) and the guy I talked to last week says I'm not a woman and outs me. Cue some "it's" slurs and other crap from the 2. Chan op devoiced them and I go to check network policy and basically the answer I get is unless I'm doxxed or they try to circumvent /ignore there isn't much they will do. Then another op revoices the two after like 10 mins.

I thought this was 2020 and we knew better. Outing is a form of violence as it can put is in the cross hairs for harassment, doxxing or physical violence and it leads to dehumanizing experiences like the one above.

Does anyone know an active irc network that doesn't allow this kind of crap?

Try #lounge on invictus.wa.us.umbrellix.net if that sounds like a place you are looking for. Everyone there has been super great so far!

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http://i.imgur.com/KIbZ7nz.jpg

This is their support for paid customers. I paid for the so called 'premium' services that weren't so premium, their cheap servers would constantly disconnect me almost every day, there would be always some constant error spam.

For couple days I kept going there asking for support and complaining, but no one would ever reply and today they finally did reply.

Bills your Paypal every month, but treats you like shit.

Before anyone say go to Libera.Chat, I am on Libera.Chat.

But started to get this message from freenode:

You must use TLS/SSL and authenticate via SASL to connect to freenode please visit https://<this subs name here>.com/login/sso in order to create an account

But my current nickserv username and password does not work on the site.

So is freenode pushing for all users to re-register?

There was still one or two channels i frequent that did not fully move to libera or oftc, but the above requirement might just be the final nail in the coffin for me.

Any insight welcome,

And again, im already on Libera.Chat and OFTC so no need to spew the obvious in the comments, thanks.

16:04 -NickServ(NickServ@services.)- You are now identified for Laurelai. 16:04 -NickServ(NickServ@services.)- Warning: SENDPASS had been used to mail you a password recovery key. Since you have identified, that key is no longer valid.

The only problem is that I never requested a password reset and one never came to my email. Explain.

Edit: Found the email finally

This email was sent due to a command from Laurelai[foof@snoonet/user/DarkGaGa]

Tell LordGaGa to stop trying to take over my nickserv account thanks.

https://github.com/TrapSquad/mtWorld

Hello! If you're new to IRC or just want somebody to chat to, come on over to #UK on irc.ircnode.org!

If you don't have an irc client, just go to: http://chat.ircno.de/?nick=UK_&channels=uk&prompt=1 and you'll be taken straight in to the chatroom!

Thanks, TheEpTic

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I’m confused to the point of IRC in the modern day. What’s the versatility? Why not use another server-chat application?

I understand mentioning Discord, or corporately owned chatrooms at all, is a good way to set off canons in the sub. That said, I can’t see the practical utility of IRC compared to them. This especially goes for the lack of users latter compared to the former.

Is it because of chat-saving? Storage? Anti-corporatism? It’s what you used when you were sixteen?

Hi all, I hope this is the right place for this—if not, please let me know.

I’m reaching out for perspective on a situation that happened on libera.chat. I reported a user for mocking me based on a disability. I did this via DM to an IRC operator. However, instead of addressing the issue, the operator told me there were “ongoing legal proceedings” (which I believe were invented), and he k:lined (banned) me from the network.

I had mentioned that such mocking behavior could be unlawful in Sweden and many other countries. In retaliation, I was banned. This seems to go against anti-reprisal protections outlined in discrimination laws like the Swedish Discrimination Act: https://www.do.se/choose-language/english/discrimination-act-2008567#:~:text=A%20person%20who%20is%20alleged%20to%20have%20acted%20contrary

What concerns me even more is that the operator involved holds influence over some open source projects I’ve contributed to.

I’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts. Is this kind of response acceptable? How should one handle this kind of gatekeeping or retaliation?

Earlier in the week, it seems like freenode has made connecting & logging in using SASL a requirement.

They mention it in their announcement too: https://freenode.net/news/on-power-to-the-people

Disable Non-SASL Connections √

The problem is that I have a registered account already but I don't remember my password.

Their help page about resetting your password involves chatting with NICKSERV: https://freenode.net/kb/answer/resetpass

But obviously that is impossible since I need to know my password to connect to the server in the first place!

So... What are you supposed to do? Is it just a ruse and the network is just gone?

Edit: I forgot to mention, freenode webchat is broken: https://i.imgur.com/9ah9JKV.png

And the irc.com link in the error doesn't help - I never get an email from the recovery screen and the webchat on irc.com is broken too: https://i.imgur.com/o3mk5dc.png

so in a previous post, someone floated the idea that IRC is used for "illegal purposes"

now i do not support breaking the law, but i do support communication methods that are outside the surveillance of the government or private 3rd parties, also known as a persons right to privacy, and that i do support.

so i would like to ask, how does IRC either support illegal purposes or a persons right to privacy?

thank you

For those of you that still use communication systems like IRC. Might a ask why? Especially when social systems like discord exist. Sure if its a security concern or you want to self host that makes sense. But then why not use something like the matrix protocol? Imo it seems like a direct upgrade to IRC from file transfers, to encryption, its decentralized nature etc. Is there something I'm missing?

Hey, i have to do a report for university. In this report i have to set up, exploit and patch an irc server. I was wondering if anyone knew where i could download the trojan version of unrealircd-3.2.8.1. I would any help thank you !

Please can i have help converting this Mirc script to a perl script to work on hexchat as i am no good with coding or scripting.

on 1:TEXT:just subscribed!:#:{ if ($nick == twitchnotify) { msg $chan sevAwwYeah Whalecum $$1! sevAwwYeah }

Hi,

I know there are search engines like sunxdcc or xdcc but they only cover a small portion of channels/networks and not all categories like music, a/books, software, pr0n, e-learning/Video-tutorials.

Is there a list/database that categorize the channels of the different networks? First of all, it takes some time to connect to the networks and then search through the available channels and only some are named #ebooks, that make it obvious what they are about. For example, the channels #048 and #evil don't give away what kind of stuff they offer.

I have found some databases/lists but they don't work any more (number 1) or only list channels without much infos about the category/ not warez specific (number 2 and 3)

https://search.mibbit.com/networks

https://www.ircdriven.com/channels/statistics/top/2/

https://netsplit.de/channels/?net=Rizon

Related to that above, I speak multiple languages (English, German, French, learning Italian) and would like to have an overview of warez channels that are related to a specific language, like French or German.

If this kind of overview would exist, it would make it much easier to find stuff related to a specific language.

Thanks for any infos.

How would one go about setting up an IRC server and making a bridge to discord, don't ask why please, my reasons add nothing.

Hello there IRC enjoyers, I'm a developer who's been working on a GUI based IRC client free and open source for anyone to enjoy. It's been quite the experience getting to work on jbIRC, and I've collected a lot of feature suggestions from my prior post about the client! I'm happy to announce jbIRC v1.3.0 and what features it includes!

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