File: <20220404-FurNet-Agris-Chiv>

  1.    04 Apr 2022 21:54 with chiv%wolf.furnet.org@biboumi.nuegia.net                                                                                                                              
  2.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [21:54:31] 
  3.    \o/                                                                                                                                                                              
  4.    Eyyyy you're back!                                                                                                                                                                          
  5.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:01:06] 
  6.    hi                                                                                                                                                                               
  7.    you still there?                                                                                                                                                                            
  8.    i need to talk to you                                                                                                                                                                       
  9.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [22:07:33]      
  10.    watching a movie at the moment, what's up?                                                                                                                                  
  11.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:08:27] 
  12.    oh                                                                                                                                                                               
  13.    the folf shared with me a log                                                                                                                                                               
  14.    i assume you know what i'm reffering to                                                                                                                                                     
  15.    i also want to ask you, as i understood it folf shared with you my contact information but i never recieved anything from you                                                               
  16.    why?                                                                                                                                                                                        
  17.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                    [22:09:51]          
  18.    The only email I have is my personal email address                                                                                                                      
  19.    So unfortunately sending an email wasn't exactly a viable option for privacy reasons from my end :/                                                                                         
  20.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                    [22:10:58]           
  21.    couldn't you have set something up?                                                                                                                                    
  22.    if it really mattered to you                                                                                                                                                                
  23.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                   [22:12:09]                           
  24.    Not anything that I had the time or ability to do in combination with work and such.                                                                   
  25.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:12:23] 
  26.    alright                                                                                                                                                                          
  27.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                      [22:12:40]                        
  28.    Seems like you were able to get things sorted with the furnet admins, though?                                                                             
  29.    Tom                                                                                                                                                         [22:12:45]                      
  30.    do you feel the same way archie and woob does and acted?                                                                                                    
  31.    no, i didn't talk to them. my client just reconnected and it didn't immediately kick me off and knowing lymril and previous conversations with them, they probably just forgot about me     
  32.    and it's not like after how they acted, i'm going to go and ask them about it                                                                                                               
  33.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:13:47] 
  34.    So then you weren't banned?                                                                                                                                                      
  35.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:13:51] 
  36.    no i was                                                                                                                                                                         
  37.    from the entirety of furnet                                                                                                                                                                 
  38.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                       [22:14:16]                       
  39.    then how were you able to reconnect? Wouldn't someone have had to unban you?                                                                               
  40.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:14:24] 
  41.    I don't know                                                                                                                                                                     
  42.    furnet's servers have been really unstable lately                                                                                                                                           
  43.    losing data and netsplitting                                                                                                                                                                
  44.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [22:14:49]                
  45.    To be fair, losing a banlist isn't too common i don't think x3                                                                                                    
  46.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:15:13] 
  47.    I don't know                                                                                                                                                                     
  48.    nobody said anything to me                                                                                                                                                                  
  49.    it just started working again                                                                                                                                                               
  50.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                    [22:15:43]          
  51.    Well, I am glad you're back and have access again                                                                                                                       
  52.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:15:56] 
  53.    you are?                                                                                                                                                                         
  54.    it seems like most if not all people in #vore didn't give a shit about me                                                                                                                   
  55.    in fact, actively threatened to ban folf to talking about what was happening to me                                                                                                          
  56.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                     [22:16:55]                                         
  57.    It's not that they didn't give a shit, Agris, but there's not exactly a way for people to override Furnet admin                          
  58.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                   [22:17:02]            
  59.    and you was there when woob did that                                                                                                                                  
  60.    vogelle even encouraged                                                                                                                                                                     
  61.    gave woob blessing to do it                                                                                                                                                                 
  62.    as well as some others                                                                                                                                                                      
  63.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                [22:17:29]                                                                              
  64.    and the reason he was threatened with a temp ban was because he brought it up, people talked about it, and then when the conversation was moving elsewhere, he started insulting people as
  65.    if they didn't care                                                                                 
  66.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:17:53] 
  67.    as if                                                                                                                                                                            
  68.    from the logs i'm reading, they are admitting they don't                                                                                                                                    
  69.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                          [22:18:15]    
  70.    The channel is not a personal soapbox                                                                                                                                         
  71.    Agris the point was that there was nothing feasible that could be done                                                                                                                      
  72.    Tom                                                                                                                                             [22:18:29]                                  
  73.    and they were innapropriately injecting rp in order to drown out the conversation                                                               
  74.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:18:45] 
  75.    that's a very colored take on it                                                                                                                                                 
  76.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                      [22:19:00]         
  77.    well how do you feel about it?                                                                                                                                           
  78.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                         [22:19:08]                     
  79.    it's an RP chat, ultimately, so that's what people are going to do there                                                                                     
  80.    Just like I mentioned at the time, not gonna up and pick up the whole channel and try to force everyone in there to move to a different server network, because you got banned by poking    
  81.    admin with a stick too many times and irritating them :/                                                                                                                                    
  82.    Like it sucked, don't get me wrong, but the outcome of pretty much any action was just gonna be other folks getting banned from furnet too                                                  
  83.    Tom                                                                                                                                             [22:21:02]                                  
  84.    you think talking about what happened to me would get you banned from furnet too?                                                               
  85.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                           [22:21:17]   
  86.    trying to debate it with admin? yes.                                                                                                                                           
  87.    Talking about it in the channel? It *was* talked about                                                                                                                                      
  88.    It was discussed, people came to a conclusion, and then folks moved back to what they were doing once they concluded they couldn't do anything to change the situation                      
  89.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                             [22:22:54]  
  90.    so that's it then                                                                                                                                                               
  91.    doesn't matter whats happening to your peers                                                                                                                                                
  92.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [22:23:16]      
  93.    What's anyone going to do about it, Agris?                                                                                                                                  
  94.    hack the server?                                                                                                                                                                            
  95.    Nobody in there has any actual control over furnet, nor do they know personally any of the people who run it                                                                                
  96.    Tom                                                                                                                       [22:24:10]                                                        
  97.    if you see something horrible happen to your friends from an admin, and it doesn't seem like the admin is reasonable or sane
  98.    talk about moving somewhere else where your peers are going to be banished or abused                                                                                                        
  99.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                       [22:24:32]                                                       
  100.    it's a channel on an IRC network. It's like asking the president of chess club to do something when one of the kids in it gets a suspension
  101.    nobody's going to move to a different server, Agris                                                                                                                                         
  102.    Tom                                                                                                          [22:25:18]                                                                     
  103.    it's like moving the chess club to a different reseraunt as adaults when the owner of the place your normally hang out at spits in your friend's cofee
  104.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                       [22:25:23]                                       
  105.    that's like asking everyone to move to a different school because you yelled at a teacher and got detention                                
  106.    Tom                                                                                                                                                  [22:25:49]                             
  107.    so i deserved what happening to me is what your saying? is that right?                                                                               
  108.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [22:26:19]                
  109.    Agris, I don't know the exact conversation you had with admin                                                                                                     
  110.    so I don't know if you deserve it or not                                                                                                                                                    
  111.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                         [22:26:30]      
  112.    there was no conversation                                                                                                                                                   
  113.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                         [22:26:45]                     
  114.    he just randomly banned you out of the blue, with no warning whatsoever?                                                                                     
  115.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                 [22:26:48]              
  116.    but how can you just assume that anyways?                                                                                                                           
  117.    well                                                                                                                                                                                        
  118.    have you actually had any interaction with the furnet admins yourself?                                                                                                                      
  119.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:27:20] 
  120.    No                                                                                                                                                                               
  121.    literally 0                                                                                                                                                                                 
  122.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:27:25] 
  123.    ok                                                                                                                                                                               
  124.    well                                                                                                                                                                                        
  125.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                          [22:27:31]    
  126.    Because there's literally no reason to                                                                                                                                        
  127.    Tom                                                                                                                                                             [22:27:34]                  
  128.    that makes this a little more understandable then                                                                                                               
  129.    chiv                                                                                                                                                                                        
  130.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                             [22:27:51]                 
  131.    So what I'm hearing is you *did* have a conversation with admin                                                                                                  
  132.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:27:58] 
  133.    yes                                                                                                                                                                              
  134.    and several of my friends                                                                                                                                                                   
  135.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:28:02] 
  136.    Okay, well, there it is then                                                                                                                                                     
  137.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:28:15] 
  138.    there what is?                                                                                                                                                                   
  139.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:28:17] 
  140.    you poked the bear                                                                                                                                                               
  141.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:28:26] 
  142.    chiv                                                                                                                                                                             
  143.    let me ask you this                                                                                                                                                                         
  144.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                      [22:28:37]                        
  145.    legitimately nothing good ever comes from poking admins on a server like this                                                                             
  146.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                           [22:28:39]    
  147.    do you care about me?                                                                                                                                                         
  148.    WOULD it matter to you if I was killed tommarrow, or banished forever, or for some other reason you could never talk to me again                                                            
  149.    or would you just brush it off "eh, sucks but whatever"                                                                                                                                     
  150.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                [22:30:16]                                                                              
  151.    Agris, you're an acquaintance who's company I enjoy, yes. But beyond that, I *literally don't know who you are.* I know you as an arctic/fennec fox hybrid that's into some of the same
  152.    stuff I am, that I met on a channel dedicated to said subject. I don't know what you enjoy outside of that, I don't know how old you are, I don't know literally anything about you beyond
  153.    those first facts that I noted.                                                                     
  154.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:30:54] 
  155.    i'm 23                                                                                                                                                                           
  156.    no wait                                                                                                                                                                                     
  157.    24                                                                                                                                                                                          
  158.    i'm old enough i forget how old i am                                                                                                                                                        
  159.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                        [22:31:43]                                                                      
  160.    It would suck to not be able to talk to you again, yes, but unfortunately I don't know you well enough to go tearing through hell and high water to find out what happened
  161.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:31:43] 
  162.    anyways;                                                                                                                                                                         
  163.    then we need to setup some other way to contact each other without furnet                                                                                                                   
  164.    please                                                                                                                                                                                      
  165.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                      [22:32:32]        
  166.    I mean do you use telegram or discord at all?                                                                                                                             
  167.    Tom                                                                                                                                       [22:32:47]                                        
  168.    and i'd like to explain to you, as well as have several of my friend show you what's going on                                             
  169.    what furnet is doing                                                                                                                                                                        
  170.    and bad things are                                                                                                                                                                          
  171.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                          [22:33:03]                    
  172.    I asked about those and Squeaky gave me an email, which I'm not using                                                                                         
  173.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                     [22:33:16]          
  174.    I don't have telergram or discord                                                                                                                                       
  175.    I have xmpp and a telephone number                                                                                                                                                          
  176.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                     [22:33:29]                                         
  177.    Honestly, agris, I really don't care what's going on with Furnet and the way the servers are being run or so on                          
  178.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                   [22:33:41]            
  179.    you should care it's really important                                                                                                                                 
  180.    and it's really hurting me                                                                                                                                                                  
  181.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                 [22:34:01]                                             
  182.    I barely poke my head into IRC as is, and if it poofed, while it'd suck, most of my other socialization occurs elsewhere             
  183.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:34:21] 
  184.    well                                                                                                                                                                             
  185.    i guess i'm fucked then                                                                                                                                                                     
  186.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                        [22:34:43]                                      
  187.    Agris this entire place is a furry RP server, it should not be anything core or central to your existence                                   
  188.    Tom                                                                                                                                [22:34:51]                                               
  189.    you won't act because you don't know what's going on, you don't have the perspective to see what's going on                        
  190.    and you won't give me the time of day to show you                                                                                                                                           
  191.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:35:11] 
  192.    Agris it's an RP server                                                                                                                                                          
  193.    Tom                                                                                                                                                           [22:35:19]                    
  194.    WHAT"S HAPPENING TO ME ISN'T ISOLATED TO FURNET CHIV!                                                                                                         
  195.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                          [22:35:20]    
  196.    what going on here *actually matters*?                                                                                                                                        
  197.    Tom                                                                                                                                                      [22:35:32]                         
  198.    they are literalyl following me around the internet for months                                                                                           
  199.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                              [22:35:34]                                
  200.    I know about the issues of you being stalked and harrassed elsewhere, you've told me about it                                                     
  201.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:35:37] 
  202.    a whole year                                                                                                                                                                     
  203.    the behavior and responses I got back you should know about and see                                                                                                                         
  204.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                [22:36:10]              
  205.    But legitimately what am I going to do about that, Agris?                                                                                                           
  206.    Again: I am not moving the entire vore channel because someone has a personal vendetta against you                                                                                          
  207.    Tom                                                                                                                                                              [22:36:34]                 
  208.    just listen to what i have to show you, please                                                                                                                   
  209.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                          [22:39:26]     
  210.    maybe i should just go                                                                                                                                                       
  211.    nobody here gives a shit about each other to give them the light of day                                                                                                                     
  212.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                         [22:40:01]     
  213.    Agris, *what do you expect them to do?*                                                                                                                                      
  214.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:40:17] 
  215.    them?                                                                                                                                                                            
  216.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                               [22:40:19]                                               
  217.    This is a chatroom. people show up here because they're tired after work and just want to casually chat with friendly people       
  218.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                   [22:41:06]            
  219.    guess that's all that matters to them                                                                                                                                 
  220.    getting their rocks off after work                                                                                                                                                          
  221.    and if someone stops providing that, well their just worthless                                                                                                                              
  222.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                       [22:41:57]                       
  223.    It's not that they're worthless, but that's what the channel is *for,* Agris                                                                               
  224.    it's like walking into a taco bell and asking why nobody there cares about the war in ukraine                                                                                               
  225.    it's not that they don't care                                                                                                                                                               
  226.    Tom                                                                                                                                     [22:42:26]                                          
  227.    why do you want to remain so oblivious to your own peers being smacked around in the background?                                        
  228.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                             [22:42:30]                 
  229.    but you're in a random mcdonalds in the middle of, idunno, idaho                                                                                                 
  230.    what are they going to do about it?                                                                                                                                                         
  231.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                  [22:42:46]             
  232.    they don't have to do anything about it                                                                                                                              
  233.    they just have to understand what's going on and why                                                                                                                                        
  234.    you                                                                                                                                                                                         
  235.    actually not they                                                                                                                                                                           
  236.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:43:06] 
  237.    They do                                                                                                                                                                          
  238.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                           [22:43:14]    
  239.    you as in the chanop                                                                                                                                                          
  240.    moderator of this community                                                                                                                                                                 
  241.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:43:22] 
  242.    Squeaky told everyone                                                                                                                                                            
  243.    Agris, I've told you before                                                                                                                                                                 
  244.    I don't moderate the channel                                                                                                                                                                
  245.    I'm literally there as a deadman switch                                                                                                                                                     
  246.    Tom                                                                                                                                                            [22:43:49]                   
  247.    you hold a considerable position in this community                                                                                                             
  248.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                        [22:43:53]                      
  249.    it's really the only reason I still bother keeping the IRC client running                                                                                   
  250.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                         [22:43:54]      
  251.    wether you know it or not                                                                                                                                                   
  252.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                    [22:44:12]                                          
  253.    If I were not in that position, I likely would not have reinstalled the client after migrating to my new computer                       
  254.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:44:25] 
  255.    *sigh(                                                                                                                                                                           
  256.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                        [22:44:32]                                      
  257.    I've got too many other things going on in my life at the moment to delve into moderating a server channel                                  
  258.    Tom                                                                                                                                                             [22:44:35]                  
  259.    i can't do this alone, especially not wirght now                                                                                                                
  260.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:46:16] 
  261.    who does?                                                                                                                                                                        
  262.    who does moderate the channel chiv?                                                                                                                                                         
  263.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                    [22:48:25]          
  264.    You can ask Rubah if you want something done there                                                                                                                      
  265.    But legitimately, what are you asking be done, Agris?                                                                                                                                       
  266.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                             [22:48:42]  
  267.    literally nothing                                                                                                                                                               
  268.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:48:49] 
  269.    Then what are you upset about?                                                                                                                                                   
  270.    Tom                                                                                                                                                          [22:48:52]                     
  271.    i just want people to understand what i'm going through                                                                                                      
  272.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:48:58] 
  273.    People understand                                                                                                                                                                
  274.    they were told                                                                                                                                                                              
  275.    they know                                                                                                                                                                                   
  276.    Tom                                                                                                                                                [22:49:09]                               
  277.    and i want people to understand why it's important to not call furnet home                                                                         
  278.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                       [22:49:17]                                       
  279.    you don't need to keep rubbing their faces in it like you're trying to teach a dog not to pee on the carpet                                
  280.    they know                                                                                                                                                                                   
  281.    nobody else does                                                                                                                                                                            
  282.    Tom                                                                                                                                             [22:49:38]                                  
  283.    and then i want them to accept my solution which is an escape plan off of furnet                                                                
  284.    a technical transition                                                                                                                                                                      
  285.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                     [22:49:47]         
  286.    Agris, *none of them care about going elsewhere*                                                                                                                         
  287.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:50:03] 
  288.    you don't know                                                                                                                                                                   
  289.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:50:13] 
  290.    Agris, it's been brought up                                                                                                                                                      
  291.    Tom                                                                                                                                    [22:50:14]                                           
  292.    you spent the  earlier portion of this chat saying you don't know, you've never talked to the admin                                    
  293.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:50:15] 
  294.    ask in the channel if you want                                                                                                                                                   
  295.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                   [22:50:23]            
  296.    and folf didn't say much of anything                                                                                                                                  
  297.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                          [22:50:25]    
  298.    I am not talking to the *server* admin                                                                                                                                        
  299.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                      [22:50:33]         
  300.    DO NOT talk to the server admin                                                                                                                                          
  301.    at least not without hearing what's happening to me first and seeing the logs                                                                                                               
  302.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:50:52] 
  303.    Agris                                                                                                                                                                            
  304.    again                                                                                                                                                                                       
  305.    we already know                                                                                                                                                                             
  306.    Squeaky already told everyone what happened                                                                                                                                                 
  307.    you are assuming everyone else puts *far* more weight on this channel than they do                                                                                                          
  308.    it is a channel of 26 people that is dead 90% of the time                                                                                                                                   
  309.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                    [22:51:51]           
  310.    squeaky didn't say much of anyting                                                                                                                                     
  311.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [22:52:00]      
  312.    He said enough that people got the picture                                                                                                                                  
  313.    and then he stormed off because he was upset we weren't trying to up and move the whole channel elsewhere                                                                                   
  314.    which, again, *is not happening*                                                                                                                                                            
  315.    Tom                                                                                                                                                     [22:52:31]                          
  316.    no because woob threatened to do ""administrative action"" on him                                                                                       
  317.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                [22:52:37]                              
  318.    You already talked to Rubah about moving it once, as she mentioned while squeaky was here                                                           
  319.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                         [22:52:37]      
  320.    and others encouraged it                                                                                                                                                    
  321.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                       [22:52:50]                       
  322.    That's because he literally refused to let the topic of conversation move on                                                                               
  323.    you cannot hold the entire channel hostage as a personal soapbox                                                                                                                            
  324.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:53:20] 
  325.    oh                                                                                                                                                                               
  326.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                           [22:53:23]                                   
  327.    Yes, it sucked, everyone was aware, people were glad to know they at least knew what happened to you                                           
  328.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                          [22:53:24]     
  329.    so now your moderating                                                                                                                                                       
  330.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [22:53:30]      
  331.    but after that, the channel is for RP'ing                                                                                                                                   
  332.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                             [22:53:33]  
  333.    no your not aware                                                                                                                                                               
  334.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                      [22:53:49]                        
  335.    I did not threaten him with a ban, Agris, nor did I encourage anyone to do so                                                                             
  336.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                     [22:53:58]          
  337.    your choosing to remain ignorant                                                                                                                                        
  338.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                               [22:54:02]               
  339.    but I understand what "rules," as such, that he was breaking                                                                                                       
  340.    Tom                                                                                                                                                               [22:54:19]                
  341.    you won't even allow me to explain it to you                                                                                                                      
  342.    and your claiming you know everything                                                                                                                                                       
  343.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                     [22:54:36]                                                                         
  344.    What am I ignorant of, agris? That you have someone after you that's banning you? That furnet's netcode is trash? That the servers themselves are slowly going down one by one?
  345.    sorry, *getting you banned,* not banning you themselves                                                                                                                                     
  346.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:54:55] 
  347.    yes                                                                                                                                                                              
  348.    it's not just 'someone'                                                                                                                                                                     
  349.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:55:13] 
  350.    To me they're just someone                                                                                                                                                       
  351.    I don't know them personally                                                                                                                                                                
  352.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                       [22:55:23]        
  353.    furnet's netcode is irrelvant                                                                                                                                             
  354.    hold on                                                                                                                                                                                     
  355.    your putting me on the spot                                                                                                                                                                 
  356.    i'm trying to schedule a time when we all can explain it to you                                                                                                                             
  357.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                       [22:55:43]       
  358.    What is it you're saying I don't know, agris                                                                                                                               
  359.    Tom                                                                                                                               [22:56:11]                                                
  360.    i can answer that if you'd schedule a time to have me explain it to you with the help of my friends and logs                      
  361.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                        [22:56:15]                      
  362.    I'm not scheduling a meeting with you to discuss what's wrong with furnet                                                                                   
  363.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                      [22:56:16]         
  364.    and we organized it off furnet                                                                                                                                           
  365.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                          [22:56:26]    
  366.    i have enough meetings at fucking work                                                                                                                                        
  367.    I am not treating #vore as another job, agris, I've got enough of those as is                                                                                                               
  368.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:56:47] 
  369.    fine                                                                                                                                                                             
  370.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:56:56] 
  371.    TL;DR it                                                                                                                                                                         
  372.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                             [22:57:14]  
  373.    i literally can't                                                                                                                                                               
  374.    we'll just have to write an article about it and share it with you                                                                                                                          
  375.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                       [22:57:35]                       
  376.    Then you're not going to get anybody in the channel to care about it, Agris                                                                                
  377.    people aren't going to read an article about it                                                                                                                                             
  378.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:57:43] 
  379.    you know chiv                                                                                                                                                                    
  380.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                         [22:57:59]                     
  381.    If you can't condense it into some sort of abstract, synopsis, or so on                                                                                      
  382.    you *literally* will not be able to get them to care                                                                                                                                        
  383.    Tom                                                                                                                                [22:58:10]                                               
  384.    if you really don't give a shit about the communities you moderate, you should give it to someone who does                         
  385.    like me                                                                                                                                                                                     
  386.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [22:58:18] 
  387.    hell no                                                                                                                                                                          
  388.    The last people that should have moderation powers? Are those who want it.                                                                                                                  
  389.    That's how you get power-tripping admins who think they know what's best for everyone                                                                                                       
  390.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [22:59:18] 
  391.    like rubah                                                                                                                                                                       
  392.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                             [22:59:19]                 
  393.    works great in politics, see the US over the past 10 or so years                                                                                                 
  394.    Rubah didn't ask to be an admin either                                                                                                                                                      
  395.    Tom                                                                                     [23:00:24]                                                                                          
  396.    maybe we should just give it to the people who wouldn't be on irc even if it wasn't for some 'deadman switch' who uphold bullying against people like shentino because their scared of
  397.    someone who hasn't shown their face here in... almost a decade now?                     
  398.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                    [23:00:44]          
  399.    Oh my god are you seriously bringing up Shentino?                                                                                                                       
  400.    Tom                                                                                                                                                         [23:00:54]                      
  401.    because their too afraid of retaliation from ... harney?                                                                                                    
  402.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                         [23:01:00]                     
  403.    The guy tried to guilt trip me into unbanning him, I'm not doing that,.                                                                                      
  404.    There are other people beside him in the channel that remember him, and when I asked about him, similarly said to not let him back in.                                                      
  405.    Tom                                                                                                                                                               [23:01:28]                
  406.    right... not a moderator except when you are                                                                                                                      
  407.    look                                                                                                                                                                                        
  408.    i'm sorry                                                                                                                                                                                   
  409.    i don't want this conversation to get this heated                                                                                                                                           
  410.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                  [23:01:52]            
  411.    I'm a moderator when people poke me about it directly                                                                                                                 
  412.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                          [23:01:54]     
  413.    that's not my intention                                                                                                                                                      
  414.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                               [23:02:16]                               
  415.    I literally cannot ignore someone poking me to ask them to review their banning, nor will I.                                                       
  416.    But if they ask, and I ask the community what they think, and they say no? Guess what my answer's gonna be?                                                                                 
  417.    I'm not a dictator, I'm going to ask folks in the channel                                                                                                                                   
  418.    Moving was brought up, and was immediately shot down by everyone present                                                                                                                    
  419.    end of story on it                                                                                                                                                                          
  420.    Tom                                                                                                                                                 [23:03:02]                              
  421.    maybe you shouldn't exclude and ostracize people based on public opinion                                                                            
  422.    that really rubbed me the wrong way                                                                                                                                                         
  423.    i asked around too                                                                                                                                                                          
  424.    whatever happened, it was so minor and it happened years ago                                                                                                                                
  425.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                     [23:03:32]                                         
  426.    You're asking me to let someone into a semi-private channel, with people that seemingly don't like them... why?                          
  427.    how is this beneficial?                                                                                                                                                                     
  428.    other than irritating multiple people for the sake of one other person I don't know?                                                                                                        
  429.    Tom                                                                                                                     [23:04:11]                                                          
  430.    just to be clear i'm not asking you. shentino told me they don't care about this place anymore. i was just using it as an example
  431.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                 [23:04:34]             
  432.    Then why do you, and he, and someone else, keep asking?                                                                                                              
  433.    if he really doesn't care that much?                                                                                                                                                        
  434.    why are you the *third* person to poke me about it?                                                                                                                                         
  435.    Tom                                                                                                                    [23:05:01]                                                           
  436.    for the sake of treating banishment and ostracism like the extremely harash nuclear button that it is and keeping bans for decades
  437.    who needs to be banned for decades?                                                                                                                                                         
  438.    what if that was me, i think to myself                                                                                                                                                      
  439.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                               [23:05:31]                               
  440.    Obviously he ticked people off enough that they decided temp bans weren't cutting it anymore                                                       
  441.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                    [23:05:48]           
  442.    MLK ticked a lot of people off too                                                                                                                                     
  443.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:06:04] 
  444.    Agris                                                                                                                                                                            
  445.    Tom                                                                                                                                                               [23:06:05]                
  446.    so do the homeless people i see on the street                                                                                                                     
  447.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:06:09] 
  448.    Shentino is not fucking MLK                                                                                                                                                      
  449.    And you have literally just lost all credibility by making that comparison                                                                                                                  
  450.    Tom                                                                                                                                                      [23:06:38]                         
  451.    I think you have a higher standard to be held to as a moderator                                                                                          
  452.    is what i'm saying                                                                                                                                                                          
  453.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:06:56] 
  454.    Agris                                                                                                                                                                            
  455.    Tom                                                                                                                                   [23:07:00]                                            
  456.    that's higher than 'a couple people kinda don't like someone for dubious reasons so well banish them                                  
  457.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                   [23:07:09]                           
  458.    *i'm a moderator for a fucking chat where people type-fuck about eating each other*                                                                    
  459.    look at the context                                                                                                                                                                         
  460.    Tom                                                                                                                                                              [23:07:12]                 
  461.    look i'm not pushing getting shentino unbanned                                                                                                                   
  462.    i'm just saying it rubs me really wrong how you handled that                                                                                                                                
  463.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:07:24] 
  464.    >channel about eating people                                                                                                                                                     
  465.    >literally anything else in the world is more important than this                                                                                                                           
  466.    * Tom takes a quick breather                                                                                                                                                     [23:07:56] 
  467.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [23:08:00]                
  468.    there are so many other places to go talk to people about that                                                                                                    
  469.    so                                                                                                                                                                                          
  470.    many                                                                                                                                                                                        
  471.    that's the beauty of the internet                                                                                                                                                           
  472.    Go on f-list                                                                                                                                                                                
  473.    furaffinity                                                                                                                                                                                 
  474.    telegram                                                                                                                                                                                    
  475.    discord                                                                                                                                                                                     
  476.    this is 1 channel out of *hundreds of thousands* of places and ways to talk to people about this subject                                                                                    
  477.    Tom                                                                                      [23:10:15]                                                                                         
  478.    it's a community of people with a common interest group. It doesn't matter what the interest is, if it's ham radio, or furry vore, or sci-fi writing, dnd, nerd stuff. People are there
  479.    because they like something and they are passionate about it. It really doesn't matter what medium it's over if it's a club meeting at a church, a table at a furcon, an irc channel, a
  480.    telephone part line, a mailing list. what matters is that there are people at the other end of that line
  481.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                        [23:10:39]                      
  482.    *passionate* is potentially a strong word for a lot of people there, Agris                                                                                  
  483.    They have an interest in it, yes                                                                                                                                                            
  484.    Tom                                                                                                                           [23:10:52]                                                    
  485.    those places you mentioned above really aren't practical options for far too many reason i have to get into right now         
  486.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [23:10:55]                
  487.    that doesn't mean it's a core hobby or component of their life                                                                                                    
  488.    Agris they work fine for the 99%                                                                                                                                                            
  489.    You don't trust telegram's security? Fine that's your choice, but that doesn't mean the option isn't there for everyone else                                                                
  490.    Tom                                                                                                                                  [23:11:55]                                             
  491.    first that number is much lower than you think and secondly, PFFT and fuck the rest of the percenters?                               
  492.    i literally cannot get a telegram account                                                                                                                                                   
  493.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                     [23:12:23]                                                         
  494.    Your average, every day person doesn't care about the technical reasons why xyz is vastly inferior to ABC method of technological communication
  495.    Tom                                                                                                                                            [23:12:40]                                   
  496.    I don't have my telephone service through one of the two country duopoly providers                                                             
  497.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                      [23:12:51]        
  498.    Is XYZ easy to use? Yes? They're gonna use it                                                                                                                             
  499.    Tom                                                                                                                                                        [23:12:57]                       
  500.    and telegram decided because of that, it's not good enough                                                                                                 
  501.    also                                                                                                                                                                                        
  502.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                     [23:13:15]         
  503.    You can use telegram with a google phone number                                                                                                                          
  504.    Tom                                                                                                                                          [23:13:26]                                     
  505.    it's not pratical to have 99 fucking chat apps that all do more or less the same thing                                                       
  506.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [23:13:40]                
  507.    You're right, I have two I actually use, Discord and Telegram                                                                                                     
  508.    Tom                                                                                                                                                        [23:13:46]                       
  509.    some of my friends ar blind are need special accomodations                                                                                                 
  510.    they don't fit into your one size fits all download this app                                                                                                                                
  511.    does that mean they should be exluded from being able to communicate with people?                                                                                                           
  512.    does that mean they should be able to join clubs?                                                                                                                                           
  513.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                          [23:14:35]                                                    
  514.    No, that's on developers to work on accessibility features and such. For example, screen readers, which things like telegram work with
  515.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:15:00] 
  516.    right                                                                                                                                                                            
  517.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                [23:15:34]                                                                              
  518.    Unfortunately the modern era of technology, being primarily screen based, is not the friendliest for people with poor vision. It's a cruel reality of the world right now, and I'm always
  519.    happy to see when there's new tech that comes out, like tactile LCDs, to potentially remedy that issue
  520.    But unfortunately the vast majority of the 99%? Are not going to care about the 1% having issues                                                                                            
  521.    Tom                                                                                   [23:16:07]                                                                                            
  522.    beg and please the $proprietary_instant_messaging_fad_app_of_the_year's developers give a shit about my specific problems i'm having or my friend's specific problems i'm having,
  523.    especially if i'm part of that 1% and then even if they do, have whatever they did undone in the next major update or the next shift to the next fad platform of the year
  524.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                     [23:16:12]         
  525.    just look at the state of the world right now :/                                                                                                                         
  526.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                        [23:16:20]       
  527.    these are problems I solved                                                                                                                                                
  528.    these are problems i've dealt with                                                                                                                                                          
  529.    and my friends dealt with                                                                                                                                                                   
  530.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [23:16:37]      
  531.    >care about random channel on an RP server                                                                                                                                  
  532.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                      [23:16:38]         
  533.    and we found the solutions for                                                                                                                                           
  534.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                          [23:16:47]                    
  535.    >care about the inflation that's putting me on the brink of starvation                                                                                        
  536.    * Tom hugs                                                                                                                                                                       [23:17:07] 
  537.    * Tom hugs you                                                                                                                                                                   [23:17:11] 
  538.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                           [23:17:16]                                                   
  539.    That's the kind of thing people are dealing with. They're coming here to relax and decompress, not fight *yet another* battle, agris
  540.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                       [23:17:40]        
  541.    let me fight that battle chiv                                                                                                                                             
  542.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                             [23:17:46]                                                                 
  543.    That's why people in the channel aren't going to do anything. You're walking into the massage parlor and asking people to fight against child slavery in africa
  544.    they're not here for that                                                                                                                                                                   
  545.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:18:04] 
  546.    no i'm not                                                                                                                                                                       
  547.    that's a garbage analogy and a misunderstanding                                                                                                                                             
  548.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                      [23:18:46]        
  549.    Then what are you asking people to do, agris?                                                                                                                             
  550.    you keep saying nothing                                                                                                                                                                     
  551.    but then saying you have a whole article of things, and how you want people to move off furnet                                                                                              
  552.    that's not nothing                                                                                                                                                                          
  553.    that's wanting people to move off furnet                                                                                                                                                    
  554.    Tom                                                                                         [23:19:12]                                                                                      
  555.    i'm saying "here's a problem, here's a solution, please take some time to understand and make the right decision, let me know if there is any other way to accomodate your specific
  556.    problems"                                                                                   
  557.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                          [23:19:26]                    
  558.    which was already discussed, and people said "Frankly, can't be arsed"                                                                                        
  559.    You're trying to solve a problem that, for people that are in the channel that are active, doesn't affect them                                                                              
  560.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:20:09] 
  561.    well                                                                                                                                                                             
  562.    for one                                                                                                                                                                                     
  563.    i'm just asking for some sympathy                                                                                                                                                           
  564.    and here you are                                                                                                                                                                            
  565.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:20:28] 
  566.    Agris you *have* my sympathy                                                                                                                                                     
  567.    Tom                                                                                                                                                              [23:20:32]                 
  568.    putting me on the spot right after being abused                                                                                                                  
  569.    expecting me to lay out some master plan in front of you right here right now                                                                                                               
  570.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                [23:20:49]                                              
  571.    but you and squeaky keep trying to make it out like I'm not feeling *bad enough* for you, and that's just not satisfactory          
  572.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                 [23:20:52]              
  573.    before you even know what the problem is                                                                                                                            
  574.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                         [23:20:56]     
  575.    I'm not asking for a master plan, agris                                                                                                                                      
  576.    because, as I mentioned, there's not a problem that is preventing people in that channel from doing what they're there to do                                                                
  577.    the only person, currently, who's had an issue with the server is you                                                                                                                       
  578.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:21:57] 
  579.    fuck me then                                                                                                                                                                     
  580.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                        [23:21:58]                      
  581.    And this is *after* you went and directly poked the admins of the network                                                                                   
  582.    not from anything that happened in #vore                                                                                                                                                    
  583.    so as far as people in #vore are concerned, it's literally not their problem                                                                                                                
  584.    Tom                                                                                                               [23:22:34]                                                                
  585.    here we go again with all these FUCKING accuzations when you don't even know what's going on and you SHUT me down when i offer to explain it
  586.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                              [23:22:50]                                
  587.    If you did something in #vore, and then got banned? Then yes, people would probably care more                                                     
  588.    Agris i'm not accusing you of anything, other than stating you talked with admin.                                                                                                           
  589.    This is not a case of rampant admin abuse, people are not getting banned left and right                                                                                                     
  590.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:24:06] 
  591.    people are                                                                                                                                                                       
  592.    that's LITERALLY what's happening right now                                                                                                                                                 
  593.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:24:42] 
  594.    How many of them are from #vore?                                                                                                                                                 
  595.    Tom                                                                                                                                                      [23:25:09]                         
  596.    how many need to be before you'll be open to hearing about it?                                                                                           
  597.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                              [23:25:10]                                
  598.    Because I can tell you: All of the folks that generally talk in the channel? Are still there.                                                     
  599.    Agris that's not an answer, that's a sidestep                                                                                                                                               
  600.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:25:26] 
  601.    no                                                                                                                                                                               
  602.    what your doing is a sidestep                                                                                                                                                               
  603.    what's happening to me doesn't matter                                                                                                                                                       
  604.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                          [23:25:43]                    
  605.    No, I asked a question, and you tried to respond with another question                                                                                        
  606.    Tom                                                                                                                                                              [23:25:47]                 
  607.    your saying what's happening to me isn' enough                                                                                                                   
  608.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                         [23:25:47]     
  609.    that's not answering, that's a sidestep                                                                                                                                      
  610.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                             [23:25:52]  
  611.    so i'm asking you                                                                                                                                                               
  612.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:25:55] 
  613.    correct, you are 1 datapoint                                                                                                                                                     
  614.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                            [23:25:56]   
  615.    how much is enough                                                                                                                                                             
  616.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:26:05] 
  617.    and a very biased one at that                                                                                                                                                    
  618.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:26:21] 
  619.    alright chib                                                                                                                                                                     
  620.    you know what                                                                                                                                                                               
  621.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                  [23:26:26]            
  622.    I can't give you an exact answer, but it's more than 1                                                                                                                
  623.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                     [23:26:33]          
  624.    since i'm just a statistic to you                                                                                                                                       
  625.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                 [23:26:42]                             
  626.    Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is a pattern is my general modus                                                             
  627.    Tom                                                                                                                                                        [23:26:49]                       
  628.    since nobody in here seems to give a shit about each other                                                                                                 
  629.    or the channel                                                                                                                                                                              
  630.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                        [23:26:57]                      
  631.    You're not a statistic to me, and it's not people not giving a shit agris                                                                                   
  632.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:27:01] 
  633.    or your peers                                                                                                                                                                    
  634.    maybe is should just go                                                                                                                                                                     
  635.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                    [23:27:15]                          
  636.    but you are *literally* the only person known in that channel, who's been banned.                                                                       
  637.    by furnet admins                                                                                                                                                                            
  638.    that does not make it suddenly a channel problem, that makes it a *you* problem for the time being                                                                                          
  639.    Tom                                                                                                                                                  [23:27:45]                             
  640.    and your intent to keep your ignorance that way and blame it on others                                                                               
  641.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:27:57] 
  642.    what am I ignorant of, agris?                                                                                                                                                    
  643.    tell me the number then                                                                                                                                                                     
  644.    how many people in that channel, that are active, have been banned by furnet administration?                                                                                                
  645.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:29:45] 
  646.    your sick                                                                                                                                                                        
  647.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [23:30:15]                
  648.    What's the answer, agris, instead of personally insulting me?>                                                                                                    
  649.    Tom                                                                                                                                                              [23:30:16]                 
  650.    enjoy your little corner of sociopathic apathy                                                                                                                   
  651.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                [23:31:13]                                                                              
  652.    I get the feeling this is similar to your conversation with furnet admin, which is why you wound up banned for "immature" :/ Surprisingly, insulting people doesn't actually win people to
  653.    your side, Agris.                                                                                   
  654.    I do sincerely hope you have a better rest of your evening, but I strongly suggest a good evaluation of your priorities on what things do and don't matter in life. Because a vore channel  
  655.    on a random furry network should not be one you lose sleep over.                                                                                                                            
  656.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:33:51] 
  657.    your so dense                                                                                                                                                                    
  658.    i'm sorry                                                                                                                                                                                   
  659.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:34:03] 
  660.    And back to insulting                                                                                                                                                            
  661.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                  [23:34:10]             
  662.    i don't know any other way to say that                                                                                                                               
  663.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                              [23:34:27]                
  664.    Agris I'm not dense, it's that I know how to read social cues.                                                                                                    
  665.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                   [23:34:47]            
  666.    you have this idea of what's going on                                                                                                                                 
  667.    that's wrong btw                                                                                                                                                                            
  668.    completely off                                                                                                                                                                              
  669.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                               [23:35:01]               
  670.    And every time I ask you to give me one piece of information                                                                                                       
  671.    you say you can't                                                                                                                                                                           
  672.    but i'm wrong                                                                                                                                                                               
  673.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                        [23:35:29]       
  674.    when i offer to you refuse                                                                                                                                                 
  675.    when i say ok i'll write an arcticle then                                                                                                                                                   
  676.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:35:43] 
  677.    I asked for a piece, Agris                                                                                                                                                       
  678.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                [23:35:48]               
  679.    LOL nobody's going to read an article agris                                                                                                                        
  680.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                        [23:35:49]      
  681.    not the entire caked jammed down my throat                                                                                                                                  
  682.    A research paper has a synopsis                                                                                                                                                             
  683.    an abstract                                                                                                                                                                                 
  684.    something short to get the gist of why people should care                                                                                                                                   
  685.    I'm asking you to give me that                                                                                                                                                              
  686.    if you're going to block dump a bunch of technical info in an article, then I guaruntee you that, yes, nobody is going to read that, because you haven't given them a reason to             
  687.    If you cannot express the info you have concisely, you have a communication issue you need to resolve first before anybody will pay attention                                               
  688.    we live in an era of short attention spans where people convey news articles in a tweet of 256 characters                                                                                   
  689.    I am asking for you to give me a summary                                                                                                                                                    
  690.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                         [23:38:24]      
  691.    i have a summary for you                                                                                                                                                    
  692.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                                             [23:38:40] 
  693.    Okay, what is it:?\                                                                                                                                                              
  694.    Tom                                                                                     [23:40:15]                                                                                          
  695.    I don't want to surround myself with people who's attention span is that of 256 characters, and abandon their peers when something happens to them and they aren't able to provide you
  696.    pleasure anymore. Where something terrible can happen to the people around them and their able to just move on just like that
  697.    and who's emotions and interactions are disengenuous                                                                                                                                        
  698.    who think that's a virtue                                                                                                                                                                   
  699.    peers who my emotions needs to be condensed down into a tweet for them to be paletable                                                                                                      
  700.    else i get pushed away                                                                                                                                                                      
  701.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                                                          [23:43:11]                    
  702.    agris, there's your problem, you're turning it into an emotional issue                                                                                        
  703.    Tom                                                                                                                                                                              [23:44:06] 
  704.    goodbye chiv                                                                                                                                                                     
  705.    chiv%wolf.furnet.org                                                                                                [23:44:17]                                                              
  706.    if it's an emotional issue, then from the objective standpoint of the channel, it doesn't matter. Are you close personal friends with Kyvern, for example?