Whatever we decide on, the policy on the Global notices should be
encoded in srvx's configuration file, not the source.
My feeling is that the advertisements (I prefer the term "community
announcement") should be opt-out on GamesNET. The announcements would
essentially start out with no audience if they were opt-in; only a small
number of users would ever bother opting in. I don't see a problem with
opt-out if we make the policy clear and screen messages carefully.
# Zoot
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> Another option that I really want is a user mode or a account flag
> that indicates willingness to receive (or desire to not receive)
> oper-sent advertisements. A lot of people would want to know about
> big events, but some vocal people would not, and it does no good to
> annoy them. This may be best as a protocol-level command
> (irc_advertise(), with the same signature as irc_privmsg()) that
> either invokes the "smart" ircd-known command or iterates over all
> users and sends to those who opted in or who did not opt out.
>
> Hm... I am not sure whether it is "better" on the whole to make such
> advertisements opt-in or opt-out. Any opinions? (Anyone can answer,
> even if they've never looked at the srvx code: the policy aspect is
> much more important than the technical feasibility.)
>
> -- Entrope
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