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also include /msg memoserv help send also include etiquette -- don't assume gender, don't asktoask also /ns vs /msg nickserv@services vs /msg nickserv when splitty in the "do not list on freenode", we have /msg alis help list alis is a lady protagonist from a book; freenode-specific services
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IRC is a protocol. HTTP and HTTPS are also protocols. The above RFCs define IRC; I tried reading them but they weren't hiding any enlightenment.
Note that IRC was designed in an era when networks were terrible and bandwidth was expensive. Its design involved some tradeoffs to make it the best for the resources available at the time.
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Cheap, private, easy. Pick 1.5.
Ask a friend with a VPS
Nicknames (nicks, handles) unique on network
Answers "who are you?"
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We all judge people. Rather than being judged by your face or your voice or your clothes, on IRC you're judged by what you say. The first thing any message you send on IRC says is your nick.
But...
/nick mynickname
/msg nickserv help register
/msg nickserv identify mynickname mypassword
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Where?
When?
Would you say this if everything you assumed about the person was actually the opposite?
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ie in #linuxchix I expect that I'm speaking with someone age 20-60, probably female, probably from the US or India, probably involved in a tech career.
But I shouldn't say anything that would offend someone male, 12 or 80 from Russia or Brazil who works as a pilot or doctor or waiter.
If you must guess a pronoun, use they/them/their
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Psychology...
Identify how helping you gets them what they want. Bonus points for following up with an action that helps them after they help you -- ie tweet, blog, tell someone else, thank them
Connect to channel from 2nd client, see if your messages show
Try asking elsewere
Freenode:
