Forum:IRC Propaganda

Note: the IRC quotes displayed in this forum are simply general examples; they are not aimed at individual cases.

I have noticed recently that the "topic" feature of IRC is frequently being used for propaganda.

For example, a few days ago it stated "Vote for Wompus78's demotion at http://www.clubpenguin.wikia.com and get a cookie", and now it says "Vote 'for' on ZW's request and get a Cyber cookie! Yumm! http://clubpenguin.wikia.com/wiki/Club_Penguin_Wiki:Requests_for_adminship"

Doesn't anyone agree that this is misusage of the feature? I'm not saying that I disagree with Zapwire's promotion (I voted for it), but shouldn't we allow people to give votes based on their own opinions rather than putting propaganda on IRC to persuade them? It's pretty much the same as sending mass messages to users saying "Vote for me on this!", which most people find annoying.

A minor tweak to the topic would put it to a neutral point of view: instead of saying to "vote for" or "vote against", it should say "vote in".

- Wompus78 18:18, December 17, 2009 (UTC)