What did I do wrong?

[Mark C. Miller]

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:43:49 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:

> When on IRC, you should never paste like that, but use a pastebin
> instead, as OttifantSir recommended. This is important, because IRC is a
> limited medium and when there are more than a thousand users in the
> channel, it can become completely impossible to follow conversations if
> people send too many messages.
> 
> You should also try to collect your messages into a long one, explaining
> the problem well, rather than splitting it up and "using enter as
> punctuation".
> 
> It's quite normal to kick users when flooding the channel with messages
> from a paste or similar, in order to "protect" the channel. Since many
> users have clients that automatically rejoin when they're kicked, it's
> also customary to set a ban. You would normally get a warning and an
> explanation in a private message though.
> 
> Reading your attached piece of log, I wouldn't be too upset if I were
> you. Next time, you'll use a pastebin instead of pasting into the
> channel, and everyone will be happy.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad

What's a "pastebin"?



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Mark C. Miller