Tracker of Internet Relay Chat Networks Out of Service (But Not Down) Since Thursday
The main if not sole tracker of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks, netsplit.de, has been down as a service but not as a Web site (it serves pages just fine) since about half a week ago. We've been pointing that out in IRC about half a dozen times. We hoped Andreas Gelhausen would restore full functionality. Either the pages are no longer being updated or the bots no longer check networks to assess/survey their utility.
We are pretty certain they're fully aware of this by now.
We should note that the number of unique networks they track* has grown since we last checked. Two months ago it said 503, now it's 524. █
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* Many are not listed, e.g. irc.linux.org, which currently has 9 users online:
* Current local users: 8 Max: 13 * Current global users: 8 Max: 13 * irc.linux.org message of the day * _ _ * | | (_)_ __ _ ___ __ ___ _ __ __ _ * | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / / _ \| '__/ _` | * | |___| | | | | |_| |> < | (_) | | | (_| | * |_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ \___/|_| \__, | * |___/ * * Welcome to irc.linux.org * * Register your nickname so nobody else can take it: * /msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <your@email> * /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password> * * Register a channel you created: * /msg ChanServ REGISTER #yourchannel * * Help: * /msg NickServ HELP * /msg ChanServ HELP * * Ports: 6667 (plain) 6697 (TLS, preferred) * * Be decent to each other. Network staff wear /oper hats. * End of message of the day. * pq3.l25.50.31.user.linux.org :is now your displayed host * [...] * There are 7 users and 2 invisible on 2 servers * 9 :channels formed * I have 9 clients and 1 servers * Current local users: 9 Max: 13 * Current global users: 9 Max: 13