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by saulrh 1090 days ago
> IRC is just a ban list, an except list and an invite list.

Now use that to implement RBAC for a server with a hundred channels.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

Less pithily, IRC's built-in permissions may be simple, but they're so simple primarily because they're basically useless for real moderation tasks. Every IRC channel I've ever seen handles moderation with a mod-bot, and "set up a bot" instantly blows the complexity budget.

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> Now use that to implement RBAC for a server with a hundred channels.

Don't want it.