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From: jto@ousrvr.oulu.fi (Jarkko Oikarinen)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Problems with a conversation system: IRC
Message-ID: <JTO.90Jul4112337@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
Date: 4 Jul 90 08:23:40 GMT
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In-reply-to: jst@cca.ucsf.edu's message of Mon, 25 Jun 90 16:49:11 GM

In article <2983@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> jst@cca.ucsf.edu (Joe Stong) writes:
>   As an operator in IRC, I have no other tool but a /kill command, which
>   will entirely log people off.  It mostly serves to annoy the victims.  
>   It's easy for them to log back in, and there's no /kill immunity for
>   operators, so they can "take revenge".  It perpetuates hostility.

See the newest version of IRC, which has been in test use for several weeks
now.

Channels can have operators who can decide many things about a channel,
For example the following flags can be set (or cleared by operator):
  - channel topic settable by channel operator only
  - invite-only channels (only channel operator can invite people
    to a channel)
  - moderated channels (only channel operator(s) can write to a channel)
  - channel operator can kick people off channel

Doesn't that help a bit ?

--Jarkko