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{{short description|Internet Relay Chat network}}
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{{Infobox IRC network
| name             = SlashNET
| image            =
| founded_on       = 1999
| located_in       = [[United States]]<br />[[Europe]]
| based_in         = [[World]]wide
| executive_board  =
| website_url      = [http://www.slashnet.org/ www.slashnet.org]
| primary_dns      = [irc://irc.slashnet.org irc.slashnet.org]
| average_users    = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|900 - 1,000}}
| average_channels = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|300 - 400}}
| average_servers  = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|5}}
| main_content     = Public/Unrestricted
}}

'''SlashNET''' is a medium-sized, independently operated [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) network. Originally sponsored by [[Slashdot]] and founded in 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://slashdot.org/story/98/05/11/211700/slashnet-irc-goes-live|title = SlashNET IRC Goes Live!|date = 11 May 1998|access-date = 25 Feb 2015|website = Slashdot}}</ref> in 1999 SlashNET split off to become its own entity.<ref name="DiBona"/> A few well-known communities and projects maintain an IRC presence at SlashNET, including #g7 (the IRC [[idle RPG]]), #totse ([[Totse]]), #idiots-club ([[ZZT]] Community), #mefi (a [[Metafilter]]-related community), various [[Penny Arcade]]-related communities, #Twitterponies (a [[Twitter]] [[roleplay]]ing group), and #rags (an old-style rag calligraphy community). As of 2012 it is ranked in the top 40 networks by IRC.Netsplit.de,<ref>[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/top100.php "Top 100 Networks"]. IRC.Netsplit.de.</ref> with an estimated relatively constant 1700 users,<ref>[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=SlashNET&submenu=years "SlashNET last 2 years statistics"]. IRC.Netsplit.de.</ref> and #25/737 by SearchIRC.com.<ref>[http://searchirc.com/rank/SlashNET "SlashNET's network ranking"]. SearchIRC.com.</ref>

==Administration==
According to SlashNET's website, a "hands-off" approach to [[System administrator|administration]] is used. More specifically, SlashNET claims that [[IRC operator|IRC Operators]] are just regular users with a status flag next to their nicknames. SlashNET's administration officially decries the use of mission statements and other business-like "buzzwords" for IRC networks and rejects the notion that these are necessary for the operation of a network. The overall objective of the administration as described by the network's website is "keep the servers running."

SlashNET is run entirely by [[Volunteering|volunteer]]s from around the globe. SlashNET's servers run [[UnrealIRCd]] v3.2.5 on [[FreeBSD]] and [[Linux]]. [[IRC services]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20040814115816/http://opm.blitzed.org/info Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor] are also utilized to provide a quality IRC experience for users.

==Forums==
SlashNET has been host to numerous IRC forums with famous people in the tech industry, including [[Ken Coar]], [[Marcel Gagne]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Jamie Zawinski]], [[Matt Dillon (computer scientist)|Matt Dillon]] of [[DragonflyBSD]], [[Rob Malda|Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda]] and Jeff 'Hemos' Bates of Slashdot, [[Rusty Foster]] and [[Dylan Griffiths|Dylan 'Inoshiro' Griffiths]] of [[kuro5hin]], and the [[distributed.net]] crew. [http://www.slashnet.org/forums/ Logs of past forums on SlashNET] may be found on the network's website.

==Events==
SlashNET, as the key communications method for Slashdot staff, was used in selecting and approving stories on the website. On [[9/11]], [[Rob Malda]], as "Daddy Pants" of the day, with final say on story acceptance, elected to focus Slashdot only on the unfolding news of the attacks. Telephone exchanges and cell networks were overburdened; many reports and eyewitness accounts came in via IRC. Many of these were posted on Slashdot. The site had 3 million page views for the day.<ref>DiBona, p. 392.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="DiBona">{{cite book
 |title=Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution
 |page=[https://archive.org/details/opensources20con0000unse/page/391 391]
 |author1=DiBona, Chris |author2=Cooper, Danese |author3=Stone, Mark
 |year= 2005
 |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]
 |edition= 1
 |isbn= 978-0596008024
 |url= https://archive.org/details/opensources20con0000unse|url-access=registration
 }}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.slashnet.org Official Website]
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/SlashNET/ Slashnet at Netsplit.de]
*[https://www.webychat.net/ Free Online Chat Portal ''WebyChat'']
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