> but if someone is harassing you in PRIVMSG there's often nothing you can do
The large majority of IRC networks are centrally managed these days, so you can talk to the network operators so they ban the person from the network.
> channel bans can be circumvented and enforcement bots subverted fairly easily
Disallow unregistered users on your channel, and it becomes as hard to circumvent as registering on any other platform; assuming the network uses standard blocklists like DroneBL
The large majority of IRC networks are centrally managed these days, so you can talk to the network operators so they ban the person from the network.
> channel bans can be circumvented and enforcement bots subverted fairly easily
Disallow unregistered users on your channel, and it becomes as hard to circumvent as registering on any other platform; assuming the network uses standard blocklists like DroneBL
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