[10:37] <arraybolt3> I was wondering, how should I handle situations where I believe I should get an operator's attention, but don't think I need to use the operator trigger? I'm thinking about the channel emergency with Guest459 a week or so ago, where it started with a deep-web link. I considered using the trigger then, but didn't think it was serious enough, and then things went really south and I ended up using the trigger. How should I handle it in the future when
[10:37] <arraybolt3>  I think things may be wrong, but also don't want to sound the alarms over it?
[17:59] <sarnold> asking in here works, but with much higher latency
[18:22] <arraybolt3> sarnold: So I just say, "Hey, xyz is happening" in here? Makes sense, will do. I'll leave the room for now to comply with the rules - if I misunderstood, feel free to query me. Thank you for your help!
[21:45] <arraybolt3> Hey, guys, I don't know if this is the right channel to report this (though kubuntu-ops doesn't exist, so this is the best I can figure), but #kubuntu has a slight problem.
[21:46] <arraybolt3> There's someone (either one person or several people or bots) who are connecting through IrcsomeBot who are posting seemingly random 4-character codes in IRC every so often. Looks like they post one or three of these codes at a time. Any clue what's happening here, and is there a way to make it stop?
[21:48] <arraybolt3> So far, the users I've seen who are doing this are named wagnerr, K4R7IK_Ku5hw4h4 (sic), and Sylvain.
[21:53] <sarnold> https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2022/05/22/%23kubuntu.html https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2022/05/23/%23kubuntu.html
[21:53] <sarnold> I wonder if that bot is useful enough to actually keep around
[21:59] <arraybolt3> sarnold: LOL yeah, I think so, I was hoping there was some way to control spam problems coming in through it. You can't exactly K-line IrcsomeBot...
[21:59] <arraybolt3> (Well, you *can*, but that would probably be a bad idea...)
[21:59] <sarnold> well, not *me*, but someone could, if it's annoying enough..
[21:59] <sarnold> as it is it seems like it's probably on the slightly-more-useful side
[22:00] <arraybolt3> Well, for now it's not that bad. If something blows up, I'll pull the ops trigger, otherwise I'll just ignore it.
[22:00] <arraybolt3> Thanks for your help!
[22:53] <tomreyn> those codes are a side effect of forcing the users behingd the bridge through a CAPTCHA.
[22:57] <sarnold> oh that makes sense
[22:57] <sarnold> sounds broken :) but it makes sense..
[23:00] <Unit193> Also: There's no way as staff I'd kline that.