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Is it possible to ignore message or kick users by keywords? It seems that most 
messages are more or less the same and include a few URLs that are unlikely to 
appear in a normal conversation.

On 08/01/2018 07:45 AM, Ian Wienand wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It seems freenode is currently receiving a lot of unsolicited traffic
> across all channels.  The freenode team are aware [1] and doing their
> best.
> 
> There are not really a lot of options.  We can set "+r" on channels
> which means only nickserv registered users can join channels.  We have
> traditionally avoided this, because it is yet one more barrier to
> communication when many are already unfamiliar with IRC access.
> However, having channels filled with irrelevant messages is also not
> very accessible.
> 
> This is temporarily enabled in #openstack-infra for the time being, so
> we can co-ordinate without interruption.
> 
> Thankfully AFAIK we have not needed an abuse policy on this before;
> but I guess we are the point we need some sort of coordinated
> response.
> 
> I'd suggest to start, people with an interest in a channel can request
> +r from an IRC admin in #openstack-infra and we track it at [2]
> 
> Longer term ... suggestions welcome? :)
> 
> -i
> 
> [1] https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/freenode-plus-r-08-2018
> 
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