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Originally posted by Time
Cookie: but the majority of the regulars want #banana to be like the vast IRC or as another anarchy channel, as you put it.
yes, the
regulars... Try understand about what I'm talking about: the issue is how mostly
not-so-regulars see the #banana channel as the official chat channel and thus #banana gives a serious false picture of the Plus! community...
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Originally posted by Time
It was shoved on the java applet de facto because it was the most populous non-help channel.
Indeed, and back then the channel was a friendly and fun place to be for everyone, hence why it got added.
And because it got added, it got officially and because of that you should have known the consequences of that and what that means in context of handling people, regulars or not.
If you wanted to make it into an "anarchy" channel (for the lack of better word) and/or do your own thing you should have parted yourself and created your own channel (on the Plus! servers or not) like there are so many.
So don't twist things around; don't blame the fact that it got added to the applet and made officialy for the things which happened much later on and which I'm talking about.
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Originally posted by Time
Also, since you don't participate in the channel and are idle 99% of the time and you object so much why not just /part? #banana is not so closely associated with the Plus community as you imply
Yes it is! (was).
And again, don't bring in the idling or whatever. What has that got to do with anything? Even if I was never part of the channel, or even IRC all together, all my arguments still count. (and FYI, IIRC I was on the Plus! IRC channels before you became a regular)
Either you know about what I'm talking about but are so stuburn to not let it show (wouldn't be the first time) and enjoys aggravating people,... or either you need to brush up on your reading and especially "understanding in the bigger picture" skills...
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that I'm constantly talking about how
other people see #banana and how
other people are treated in #banana. This isn't about me idling in a channel or about me not knowing what to expect on IRC or not about me not being able to defend myself from aggressors on IRC..., this is about defending the image of the Plus! community to the outside world.
And FYI, I still idle there instead of parting it, because I care about what happens in an official (or much used) channel, just because of the image it represents officially or not. If it wasn't so tight to Plus! I would have parted it long time ago, just as I parted
(or even never was a member of, like #B-bombs, #Jaguar, #moo, #web2messenger or other channels on the Plus! IRC server) other IRC communties/channels which I don't care about anymore or which I have no interest in anymore.
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