What did I do wrong?

[Tony Baldwin]

Mark C. Miller wrote:
> 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"?
> 
> 
> 

I thought I explained that already.

Just click here:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/
and see for yourself.
You paste stuff in it, then post the link to the IRC channel, rather
than post directly to the IRC channel (thus flooding the channel).

/tony

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