Hello, It seems freenode is currently receiving a lot of unsolicited traffic across all channels. The freenode team are aware [1] and doing their best.
There are not really a lot of options. We can set "+r" on channels which means only nickserv registered users can join channels. We have traditionally avoided this, because it is yet one more barrier to communication when many are already unfamiliar with IRC access. However, having channels filled with irrelevant messages is also not very accessible. This is temporarily enabled in #openstack-infra for the time being, so we can co-ordinate without interruption. Thankfully AFAIK we have not needed an abuse policy on this before; but I guess we are the point we need some sort of coordinated response. I'd suggest to start, people with an interest in a channel can request +r from an IRC admin in #openstack-infra and we track it at [2] Longer term ... suggestions welcome? :) -i [1] https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/freenode-plus-r-08-2018 __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
