Epimetheus

IRC

Chatting on IRC “…offers intimacy combined with autonomy.” Autonomy to some people means politeness is no longer required. This results in hostility.

Eventually, you may wish some day not to see messages from a specific user on your screen. This may happen when someone is dumping large amounts of garbage, or if someone is harassing you. The proper response to such a behavior is to IGNORE that person. IGNORE is a very powerful command, and can be used in many ways. However the basic usage of this tool is the following.

/IGNORE [<nickname>|<user@host> [[-]<message type>]]

Real-life

Wouldn’t it be great if we could put people on IGNORE in meat-space? For example, over coffee someone is feeding you a line of shit and you just cannot take much more. So, you:

/IGNORE cindy@starbucks.coffee.table ALL
*** Ignoring ALL messages from cindy@starbucks.coffee.table

With enough cash, you could hire a troop of bodyguards to place a _working_ cone of silence around the offending party.