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Is IRC All Bad?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the slashnet-notwithstanding dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IRC is often portrayed by the media as a haven for illegal activity. The author of IRC Hacks set out to find whether or not this was true. His conclusions are quite alarming, suggesting that 99.9% of IRC usage is illegal although he backs up IRC by saying that it is also used for lots of constructive purposes and is used by open source software developers." Update: 01/21 05:17 GMT by P : The author claimed it was merely 99.9% of traffic "to the top 60 channels" that is illegal, not 99.9% of all IRC traffic.

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  1. I would be inclined to say by LilGuy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    stfu you stupid noob.

    That has to be the most ridiculous article i've seen posted in recent weeks or months for that matter.

    99.9 percent huh?

    go back to aol.. >:(

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