[AC-Admins] ANTHROCHAT.NET: Polo

[Scott "Simba" Garron]

On 09/12/2012 04:30 PM, Alec Wiley wrote:
> Polo trolled the #gayfurries chat in this IRC chat.

      Sometimes, people troll on the Internet.  Sometimes, people
interpret certain actions to be "trolling" when other people interpret
them as "having fun".  Sometimes, people consider "disagreeing with a
point of view" as "trolling".  Because this is such a subjective topic,
AnthroChat has no real, global code of conduct for its users.  It is up
to each, individual user and each, individual channel staff to decide
what is acceptable behavior and to use the tools that their own brains,
their IRC clients, the IRC servers, and the registration services
package provide in order to mitigate perceived "problems".

> He pretended to be a "jaql" (jackal, his words), nipped people, and
> generally acted like a dog who was begging for treats.

      Sounds like a pretty furry thing to do, to me.

> Although he was not a member of the staff, he acted like one, saying
> that "three strikes will kick you out" and I "was on my second
> strike". Eventually, I had to leave the chatroom.

      If this person was behaving, in a channel, in a way that is
unacceptable to you, bring it up to the channel's ops and founder.  For
the channel in question (and I assume that you mean #gayfurs rather than
#gayfurries, 'cause I can't seem to find a channel called #gayfurries),
the founder is Fawksie and its successor is Toby_Fox.  Anyone with a %,
@, &, or ~ in front of their nickname in the channel's user list would
also be able to help you - way more than any of the network's
administrators can.

      My suggestion is to simply ignore and don't respond to someone who
is doing something that you don't like.

      For more information about AnthroChat's global operating procedures
and general atmosphere, please review our mission statement at
http://www.anthrochat.net/mission.txt

-- 
Simba