Re: Question about IRC chat

• From: cooterchekov <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:31:31 -0000
• Message-ID: <aks573+s2t3_at_...>

Now, this is the point where I really have to speak up. I don't 
appreciate being lied about; Matt is fully aware, and has been since 
the foundation of the channel, that the Hybnet channel isn't a 
private fiefdom; it's never been run as anything other than a 
community resource, with David Levinson and myself holding the 
administrative keys but the rest of the ops -- including himself -- 
on equal standing.

In fact, he never even asked to be a founder of the channel. He 
never said one word about administrative issues until a few days 
ago, at which point he issued an ultimatum that I give up founder 
status to someone else, a position he said he would "reluctantly" 
accept.

I'd tried to keep this from getting ugly, but as I said, I don't 
like lies being told about me.

[technical background: IRC uses a series of "access levels" to 
regulate channel functions. Matt, along with Leah Williams, Kelly 
Affanatto, and until recently Jason Paik, had access level 20, 
meaning they had the power to kick people or ban people from the 
channel; this is the mechanism that was used to exclude people from 
#packets. David Levinson, Brian Saxton, and I have access level 40, 
which means that we can set other people up as ops, or remove them 
if necessary. Nobody else has volunteered for either level 20 or 
level 40 since late March.]

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., Matt Weiner <darwins_bulldog1138_at_y...> wrote:

> This is not quite true; while the problems with the
> Hybnet chat include the fact that it belongs to a
> private individual entirely, the Slashnet channel is
> inteded as a public resource for the quizbowl
> community. <