To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] basic IRC question/comments
Hi -
This is perhaps not so much a question as sharing of thoughts and questions
that ran through my head before doing something as seemingly simple as joining
an IRC. I am guessing other women may have similar thoughts, so I
Register your IRC name! It may be a pita, but it is less of a pita
than losing it to someone who wants to pretend to be you.
Note that anyone can use your name when you are not there, so this is
not a perfect system, but you can kick them off when you come online.
You can also just leave your
Subject: [CODE4LIB] basic IRC question/comments
Hi -
This is perhaps not so much a question as sharing of thoughts and questions
that ran through my head before doing something as seemingly simple as
joining an IRC. I am guessing other women may have similar thoughts, so I
thought
If you decide you'll be hanging out on #libtechwomen a lot (or on
irc.freenode.net in general), it might be a good idea to register your nick
as explained here http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#userregistration because the
short answer is, sometimes people are assholes.
Another important
You can also choose to anonymize yourself by choosing a nick that best
represents something you're interested
in or identify with that is not used on other social spheres. It really is
completely up to you on what you feel most
comfortable with and there is typically no hard/fast rules.
Oh, forgot to mention. If you use a web client or use tor, that will
obscure the connection info by the nature of that connection ;).
Jon Gorman
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Jon Gorman jonathan.gor...@gmail.com wrote:
You can also choose to anonymize yourself by choosing a nick that best
And, sorry for being annoying, but some things were pointed out to me
in #code4lib, so I'm issuing yet another followup.
1) the technique freenode uses for cloaks isn't as strong as it used
to be. Also, it's possible to accidentally log in without a cloak,
etc. Don't expect them to be very
