Zoia can also be completely muted per user. Could a pointer to '/ignore'
docs be included in the new herald?
/dev


On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Michael B. Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I agree with the esteemed neckbeard from Pennsylvania. But I would also be
> in favor of muting the snarfer-class plugins, especially @dunno. I've been
> thinking for a while that it might be time to change zoia's alert character
> from @ to something that's not (now) universally recognized as a
> reply/attention character, which results in more unintentional channel spam
> than any of the others.
>
> I think we can also lower zoia's "more" threshold so that each individual
> response has a shorter maximum length, but that's something that's better
> resolved by better participant behavior, not code.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > At the risk of getting shouted down in public (wouldn't be the first
> > time!), let me just put this out there: perhaps instead of, like,
> whipping
> > up a Doodle poll for us all to vote on which plugins get temporarily
> > disabled and which ones don't, how about we have a few folks volunteer to
> > gently ask that folks be mindful of what they are asking zoia to do.
>  Heck,
> > we can even reflect that in the topic, and make an announcement from the
> > podium.
> >
> > We already ask that channel registrants be mindful of what they say; is
> it
> > much more to ask that that include which zoia plugins they call?
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'd be loathe to gag @tdih, because it's educational and only gets
> called
> > > once or twice a day, but that's me.
> > >
> > > @blockparty is pretty spammy, as is @alpha
> > >
> > > Also @urbandict is probably the most offensive command.
> > >
> > > -Ross.
> > >
> > > On Jan 17, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Adam Wead <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > At the risk of opening a can 'o worms, there are others that utilize
> > the
> > > invective:
> > > >
> > > > @habla
> > > > @ana
> > > >
> > > > @ana can sometimes return offensive phrases.  Sadly, it's one of the
> > > channel's favorites, so I'm reluctant to put it on the (temporary)
> > chopping
> > > block.
> > > >
> > > > …adam
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 17, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I'd like to propose that zoia (the IRC bot that provides help and
> > > >> entertainment in the #code4lib IRC channel) have some of its normal
> > > plugins
> > > >> disabled during conf. With three or four times as many people online
> > > during
> > > >> conference, things can get out of hand.
> > > >>
> > > >> Lots of zoia plugins can be useful during conference; I'm mostly
> > > thinking
> > > >> of stuff whose utility is suspect and whose output covers several
> > lines.
> > > >> Some examples:
> > > >>
> > > >>  - @mf
> > > >>  - @cast
> > > >>  - @tdih
> > > >>  - @sing
> > > >>
> > > >> The goal, really, is to try and turn the firehose that the IRC
> channel
> > > >> becomes into something at least plausibly manageable in realtime.
> > > >>
> > > >> I can also make a case for things that newbies will just find
> > confusing
> > > >> (chef, takify, etc.) or offensive (@forecast, @mf again) but I'll
> let
> > > >> others potentially make that case.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -Bill-
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Bill Dueber
> > > >> Library Systems Programmer
> > > >> University of Michigan Library
> > > >
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