Re: [WEBCHAT/IRC] Accessibility for noobs and devs who don't want to authnticate
My concern would be that although at any given time there may not be a spam campaign that we notice, it would require keeping a close eye on IRC lest it be flooded when no one with the power to stop it is around. I know when we enabled the option to require registration, Freenode was having a huge spam attack. I've disabled the need to register for now and will keep an eye on whether we're buried in spam. - Steve What about creating a channel, say #freenet-turing, and letting anyone join there? Then, when spam hits, you lock the ordinary channels, and if someone wants to post they first have to say hello in #freenet-turing. Then an oper PMs them and does a brief ten second Turing test. You could also restrict yourself to requiring voice to post and only giving voice to registered users, unregistered users who passed the test, or unregistered users who posted normal messages when it was open. That's a bit more polite, I think. Of course, a spammer could still spam #freenet-turing. But it'd take some amount of creativity, and all it'd accomplish would be to block registrations for the time being.
Re: [WEBCHAT/IRC] Accessibility for noobs and devs who don't want to authnticate
My concern would be that although at any given time there may not be a spam campaign that we notice, it would require keeping a close eye on IRC lest it be flooded when no one with the power to stop it is around. I know when we enabled the option to require registration, Freenode was having a huge spam attack. I've disabled the need to register for now and will keep an eye on whether we're buried in spam. - Steve ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, June 2, 2019 4:30 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > > > Nicolas hernandeznicolas.hernan...@aleph-networks.com writes: > > > at one time there was a simple support channel and 'real time' for novice > > users who are accessing Freenet for the first time. > > Alas, today, apparently, the possibility of webchat via irc is no longer > > possible, in any case, it now faces an authentication request that makes > > the operation more complex and may be unsuitable (authentication). I think > > the Freenet community is losing a lot by abandoning this type of support > > channel > > We disabled access without authentication due to too much spam — is that > still necessary? Could we disable the need to be authenticated? > > Liebe Grüße, > Arne > > -- > > Unpolitisch sein > heißt politisch sein > ohne es zu merken
Re: [WEBCHAT/IRC] Accessibility for noobs and devs who don't want to authnticate
Nicolas Hernandez writes: > at one time there was a simple support channel and 'real time' for novice > users who are accessing Freenet for the first time. > > Alas, today, apparently, the possibility of webchat via irc is no longer > possible, in any case, it now faces an authentication request that makes the > operation more complex and may be unsuitable (authentication). I think the > Freenet community is losing a lot by abandoning this type of support channel We disabled access without authentication due to too much spam — is that still necessary? Could we disable the need to be authenticated? Liebe Grüße, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein ohne es zu merken signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[WEBCHAT/IRC] Accessibility for noobs and devs who don't want to authnticate
Hi, at one time there was a simple support channel and 'real time' for novice users who are accessing Freenet for the first time. Alas, today, apparently, the possibility of webchat via irc is no longer possible, in any case, it now faces an authentication request that makes the operation more complex and may be unsuitable (authentication). I think the Freenet community is losing a lot by abandoning this type of support channel Rgds nicolas - Nicolas HernandezCEO Co-founder a-n - aleph-networks [Sans titre.png] [http://www.aleph-networks.com](http://www.aleph-networks.com/)
