There is no power structure. Right now no one has any rights in that channel and that's going to be the case forever.
01:26 -ChanServ(ChanServ@services.)- Channel #hackernews is not registered.
There's no Operator in there. No one will get operator permissions unless _all_ people leave first, the first to rejoin will be the new 'owner'. A different scenario is a split, where people might get to own the channel in a segment of the network.
That's all fine, until the first trolls and spammers join the channel. Being able to issue mutes/bans IS helpful on IRC.
Note that this is not related to the power structure. Flat is good. The idea bramgg seems to suggest is that someone grabs the channel in his role as a YC/HN representative and 'donates' it to the people inside. Give 5-10 people permissions and .. leave it alone. THAT's the idea. Not HN staff patrolling that channel.
01:26 -ChanServ(ChanServ@services.)- Channel #hackernews is not registered.
There's no Operator in there. No one will get operator permissions unless _all_ people leave first, the first to rejoin will be the new 'owner'. A different scenario is a split, where people might get to own the channel in a segment of the network.
That's all fine, until the first trolls and spammers join the channel. Being able to issue mutes/bans IS helpful on IRC.
Note that this is not related to the power structure. Flat is good. The idea bramgg seems to suggest is that someone grabs the channel in his role as a YC/HN representative and 'donates' it to the people inside. Give 5-10 people permissions and .. leave it alone. THAT's the idea. Not HN staff patrolling that channel.