"So much time, and so little to do!" -- Willy Wonka (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Recently I found myself starting another IRC network within a week. This was done for many reasons, but ultimately it thrust me back into a role I was depriving myself of. The feeling of starting it all against was actually pretty good, like being allowed to have sex again. I originally quit on being an Network owner and IRCop a few months back because of the politics that came up about it. I will admit that I was somewhat into micro-managing back then which didn't make me very popular, but one thing I was at the very least was fair.
What I did notice from IRC is that you get certain people (even in life) who feel they have to horde power and to question them in any way would have them consider you an enemy. Suspicition is proof to these people and they attack you first to save the trouble of having you strike them. The problem with this mentality is that most of the time the person that they feel is betraying them is just trying to be fair. I was snow balled originally by a group of people with this mentality and so I left to just get away from it.
It is ironic now that I'm back running an IRC Network because of the same reason. I won't go details, but I will say that it's pretty easy to setup a network to a good standard within 3 days to a week if you're really commited. The main reason I started up my network was to (try to) return the fun to IRC and give the users a choice for a change. So far we're doing pretty good.
Recently I found myself starting another IRC network within a week. This was done for many reasons, but ultimately it thrust me back into a role I was depriving myself of. The feeling of starting it all against was actually pretty good, like being allowed to have sex again. I originally quit on being an Network owner and IRCop a few months back because of the politics that came up about it. I will admit that I was somewhat into micro-managing back then which didn't make me very popular, but one thing I was at the very least was fair.
What I did notice from IRC is that you get certain people (even in life) who feel they have to horde power and to question them in any way would have them consider you an enemy. Suspicition is proof to these people and they attack you first to save the trouble of having you strike them. The problem with this mentality is that most of the time the person that they feel is betraying them is just trying to be fair. I was snow balled originally by a group of people with this mentality and so I left to just get away from it.
It is ironic now that I'm back running an IRC Network because of the same reason. I won't go details, but I will say that it's pretty easy to setup a network to a good standard within 3 days to a week if you're really commited. The main reason I started up my network was to (try to) return the fun to IRC and give the users a choice for a change. So far we're doing pretty good.
