General Management: The general policy of HybChat is to let channels manage themselves through the hierarchy provided by ChanServ. This means that channels essentially define their own rules, so long as they fall within the constraints of the server rules. Channel Ops (@) enforce their rules as they see fit. The role of our IRCops, in addition to enforcing the server policies and rules, is to primarily deal with issues that arise across multiple channels and affect users in those channels.

 

Freedom of Speech: There is always a tension between the right to have total freedom of speech and the right of another to not be forced to see certain things. We moderate that tension here in a fairly simple manner. Pretty much anything can be said INSIDE a channel, so long as it conforms to the channel and server rules. Anything visible from OUTSIDE of the channel will conform to a happy medium that includes no profanity, no expressions of racial or religious hate, no explicit sexual references, and no advertising. Interpretation of this policy for specific instances is at the discretion of the server IRCops.

 

1. No warez or illegal software trading at all.
2. No sending of any viruses or trojans to any user.
3. No channel or server ban evasion.
4. No nickname stealing or impersonating other users on the chat.
5. No flooding of repeated text in any channel.

 

NOTE: If an IRCop has directed you to this page, please take these rules into serious consideration!