[forgotmypw17]

I neither own nor operate bash.org. I wrote the scripts, collected the seed content, initially in quotes.txt, and operated at geekissues.org/quotes/ until its move to bash.org. AMA

[bArray]

How are the quotes collected? Are they collated by users or by some algorithm? They seem too good to not have some user input in their filtering?

[forgotmypw23]

yes, the quotes are individually approved by moderators, and on bash.org, rejected quotes never see the light of day.

the submissions themselves are also put together individually.

[Havoc]

How does one collect funny IRC contents via script?

[forgotmypw17]

It's funny that this should come up on the frontpage today, because just yesterday, I chose to go and find and install ircN, which still works just fine, by the way.

That is how I collected the quotes originally, by using ircN's quote commands, which saved them in a file called quotes.txt, IIRC.

Then, I would occasionally entertain the channel with random quotes.

Eventually, I converted quotes.txt to quotes.html and posted it on my website.

Then I built a PHP+MySQL database with a submission form, then some basic anti-abuse and moderation features.

[Havoc]

Doesn't really answer the core part of the question - how did you fish out the funny ones?

[dependenttypes]

Manually

[dannyw]

Do you still use IRC?

[forgotmypw17]

Yes, I still love and use IRC, and I just recently installed mIRC and then ircN, and aside from nostalgic value, it's still great for conversation. irssi is my go-to client in general.