Re: IRCD - Request about a command change.

[kalt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Christophe Kalt)]

On Dec 6, Magnus Tjernstrom wrote:
| 
| Yes, it's me again and the subject is the same as last time. I still
| do not understand why /kick <channel> <nick1>,<nick2>,<nick3>,...
| was introduced. The only time this type of command would be useful
| to a channel operator is if someone are letting clones join the
| channel. The rest of the times I'm pretty convinced it will only be
| used for plain abuse.

Actually, as mentionned online today, this is not new to 2.9

| Why introduce penalties to start with if ways of avoiding them are
| introduced as well. It just adds complexity. Of course, you will be
| penalized after issuing one of these masskicks as well. However,
| there is a big difference between being penalized after a masskick
| or during the performance.
| 
| Okay, enough rambling and back to what I'm after... I would like
| like to see this silly "masskick-feature" removed (or at least
| have someone convince me that it is needed and that I am wrong
| about the potential abuse which lies emedded in a command like
| this).

I think as easy `solution' is to limit the number of nicks
you can masskick at once, and it might also be good to raise
the penalty a little.