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The past 8 months
June 21, 2010 - 3:18 pm
Tags: 8 months, features, geekshed, News, update
Posted in News | 5 Comments
GeekShed is now near enough 8 months old. Those of you who have been with us from the start may remember the document outlining why the majority of the staff and servers were splitting away from WyldRyde and starting a-fresh on GeekShed. Those of you who don’t remember can find the document in PDF format….
Getting information about channel user counts
June 2, 2010 - 12:49 pm
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We have implemented a feature which tracks the number of users in GeekShed channels. This information can then be used to give you information such as average user counts over different time periods. Although we have not fully decided what to do with this data, the basis of the system can be found at http://www.geekshed.net/usercount/….
How to block specific phrases from your channel
GeekShed maintains a list of words which will be censored when chmode +G is set and also a spamfilter of URLs or phrases that are blocked network wide. You can block or censor certain phrases in your own channel regardless of whether or not you have chmode +G set. To do this, you can use…
GeekShed’s YouTube Channel
GeekShed has a YouTube channel where we post videos created by staff and users relating to various aspects of GeekShed. Many of these will show you, in the form of a screen video, how to perform certain tasks and make your IRC experience better. This can be found at http://www.youtube.com/GeekShedIRC. Here are a list of…
BNC Service
GeekShed has today launched a free BNC service for users to use for connecting to the network. Find out all about it and get your BNC at http://www.geekshed.net/bnc/
Loss of a dear friend
May 16, 2010 - 5:57 am
Posted in News | 9 Comments
It is with great regret that I write to report the passing of a friend of many years. Jennifer Nicole Noles, IRC nicknames sin and nic, died this morning in Vegas. She suffered from Endometriosis. Nic has been a user on GeekShed and it’s predecessor for over 7 years and, in that time, has touched…
Redirecting one channel to another
If you have changed the name of your channel or would like to merge a few channels into one, you can use ChanServ to create a redirect from your old channel to your new channel. To do this, use the following command: /cs redirect #oldchannel #newchannel There are various restrictions on this command. These are…
E-Mail Validation
After recent BotNet attacks on GeekShed and other IRC networks, lessons have been learned and measures have been put in place to mitigate the effects of future attacks. One such mitigation method is validation of e-mail addresses. When you register a new nickname in the future, you will be sent an e-mail to ensure that…
Denial of Service
April 26, 2010 - 5:04 am
Posted in Statements | 26 Comments
As I write this, GeekShed is suffering a large scale Denial of Service attack. It is expected that the attack is the result of a user being banned in the channel owned by Chris Pirillo. Following this ban, much flooding ensued. After this was quashed by #chris ops, a botnet was set on GeekShed. This…
TOS Changes
April 22, 2010 - 8:13 pm
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We have today implemented a policy to help tackle ban evasion and various privacy issues on GeekShed. This policy underwent much discussion and we are confident that its implementation is beneficial for GeekShed and its users. Our full Terms of Service can be found at the usual location. The changes are as follows: It is…
