Best practices

For everyone

• Use one nickname and register it.
• Never share your password.
• Do not paste personal details into public rooms.
• Think before you click a link.

For room owners

• Register the room as soon as it matters.
• Write the purpose and the rules in the topic.
• Have at least two trusted operators.
• Lock the modes and the topic.
• Review the access lists every month.
• Keep the room's contact settings up to date: /cs SET #room URL and EMAIL.

For moderators

• Be calm and consistent.
• Warn before you kick; kick before you ban.
• Use the narrowest ban mask that works.
• Take difficult cases to the network operators.