The short answer is that it strikes me as unnecessary.
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Net splits would be the only valid reason to make the move, and
there's no denying that EFNet has its splits. But they're temporary
things for the most part, and a nuisance at worst.
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Takeovers are not an issue. ~If~ the bot wasn't there, or ~if~
somebody had the audacity to take over the channel, one can simply
find another channel to congregate in. In all honesty, it wouldn't
even be worthwhile to conjure up such a backup plan and train
everyone on its use considering the small number of folks we have
using the channel and the fact that something like that may not
happen for months or even years. It's more work than what you can
gain from it.
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As far as not making the channel secret, just ask Rewd to change the
bot so that it doens't make the channel +s immediately.
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I generally agree with how things go down around here, but to propose
a move when half the users will benefit slightly and half will be
incovenienced slightly is just going to be working for nothing. #marp
is a pretty informal gathering, and isn't really something that needs
voted on in the public forum (I'm sure I'll draw a flame or two
there, but there ~are~ limits, people...)
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Cheers,
Brian
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