Multichannel Chat at Whitespace

[Macrobius]

http://macrobius.weremight.com/whitespace has been de
-spammed (mostly by turning the blog feature off. We had a 2-month spam-blogging attack in Hebrew character set. I have no idea what about.

I have added multichannel chat (Rather IRC like - you can create your own channels).

1. Once you have an account, login and click the 'Chat' menu option, or browse to:

http://macrobius.weremight.com/whitespace/pg/chat

2. Type '/join sb' to join the Shoutbox, or /join whatever you want to create a channel.

Latest publically available content is here:

http://macrobius.weremight.com/whitespace/pg/groups/world/?filter=active

Much more is visible if you are logged in, or join one of the social groups. You may create your own groups.

I have disabled the 'blog' feature for now, since it was being badly spammed. I'm working on an upgrade to version 1.7.1 on my development box.

Suggested channels:

/join si - SI centric discussion

/join bb - Beer Barrel centric discussion

/join sb - general discussion (look for me here).

Feel free to make your own!

[Monster]

I was just playing around with this with Mac. It really is cool. A good place to go for a quick offline chat.

[Tuttle]

I joined temporarily as "sam" and just missed you by a few minutes.

[Monster]

I thought that might have been Sam Crow. See shoutbox.

[Macrobius]

If you type /help you will get this list of (IRC-like) features -- put a / in front to run the command given, and see any IRC ref (or Php Free Chat 3.0 ref) to get details:


ban
banlist
clear
connect
debug
deop
help
identify
init
invite
join
kick
leave
me
nick
op
privmsg
quit
redirect
rehash
send
unban
version
who
whois


This is good for trusted chat on a pre-arranged channel. Please note that /whois <username> does reveal IP address of the person you are talking to -- I will work to disable this feature (and logging) if possible, but IRC novices should be aware that it is implemented in this version. Talk to people you trust!

ADDED: Monster has confirmed you have to be an admin to see the IP address. So this should be pretty ok and not unlike a forum.

We have confirmed that /privmsg <username> type some text here
will drop you into a private convo with <username>.

[Monster]

Good job, Mac. It was fun kicking the tires. Others should give it a try.

[Macrobius]

Further testing does show it reveals your IP address to other conversants -- click on the name in the sidebar. I will attempt to disable this feature. For now, use it to set up convos with trusted buddies only -- use the PM system provided for all others!

UPDATE: further testing showed this was a by-product of granting /op privs to an authenticated user (Monster). Should be ok - we are continuing to test and I will probably disable the feature altogether.

[Monster]

One of the things that's cool about this is that you don't even need a weremight account to use it. Just enter the url and you'll be prompted to pick a nic.

[Macrobius]

One of the things that's cool about this is that you don't even need a weremight account to use it. Just enter the url and you'll be prompted to pick a nic.

Did you try it when you were logged out of weremight?

In any event, as an update, you may have been able to see IPs because I ran the /op command on your nick -- I'll disable that feature anyway, as we don't really need ops, and I'm not even sure how to un-/op you!

[Monster]

Did you try it when you were logged out of weremight?

Yes. Confirmed: you don't need an account.

[Tuttle]

If you type /help you will get this list of (IRC-like) features -- put a / in front to run the command given, and see any IRC ref (or Php Free Chat 3.0 ref) to get details:



This is good for trusted chat on a pre-arranged channel. Please note that /whois <username> does reveal IP address of the person you are talking to -- I will work to disable this feature (and logging) if possible, but IRC novices should be aware that it is implemented in this version. Talk to people you trust!

ADDED: Monster has confirmed you have to be an admin to see the IP address. So this should be pretty ok and not unlike a forum.

We have confirmed that /privmsg <username> type some text here
will drop you into a private convo with <username>.


Thanks for your work on this.

And thanks for Monster's work on this board in general. Don't say that enough.

[Street Walker Barbie]

what's this? just a chat server like buzzen? I will check it out...
:agree: