Fst irc

Truesounds was interested in getting an irc chan up and going awhile ago, but the idea has been left up in the air. If enough members were interested, he may revisit the concept.
One issue though is that the staff are busy enough with the forum without having to IRCop a chan as well.
 
Yeah I dunno, I haven't really made any progress on this. If an official 'FST' irc ever gets made, it's not gonna be till well into the summer, if ever at all.

I think there are alot of issues and complications associated with an public irc channel that would also adhere to fst's rules. While having an open bitorrent channel for anybody and everybody would be a nice niche to fill, I'm having my own doubts whether it should be linked to FST in any way, and whether I'd want the responsibility behind it all when it likely turns into a means for calling people out and copy-pasting drama. In other words, don't cross your fingers on this.
 
hmmm in depth complications :mellow:.Is it security issues you talking about Truesounds?.nontheless an irc sure will be fun especially with FSTers.
 
Not concerned with security as much as coding bots and all that to censor the stuff we censor, bots to deal with spammers and spam ads, all that jazz. I don't know, that stuff can be overcome but I don't have much time atm, and I might be too lazy to learn it all when I do have the time..

There are other complications, for example I don't want to burden anyone to IRCop the chan that doesn't want to, because it's a selfless job. Most active members here are not interested or do not use irc as much, and staff here certainly to not use/ do not have the time to maintain the channel.

I'm sure it would be fun, and hopefully I will have the motivation to get it organized over the summer, since I might have more time, and I think the forum in general picks up a bit around that time as well. I heard there was a Soulseek chatroom once upon a time, and I think that would be a hell of a lot easier than irc cause there is no maintenance. Don't know how many torrenters use Slsk though.
 
karachidude said:
i think an IRC channel,might decrease the number of posts on FST,the forum is pretty set in its ways..but what do i know
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Forums are places where we can discuss matters in a more organised manner. But IRC is a place just to hangout and have fun also chat with people in real time :naughty:

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Its nice to hear positive response and a glimmer of hope :P.Its correct the mods wont have time but if they are active in forums all day they can just idle in IRC and have some fun too.If you want dedicated and active members to moderate the IRC,I am sure there are many people who would love to do that.Maybe if you ever think of setting up an IRC start a thread and you maybe suprised in the numbers you get from the people who are willing to dedicate their time :D

/me already sees lots of leg pulling and sarcasms flowing around :D
 
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