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---
author: bigpresh
date: 2017-12-05 09:00:00+00:00
slug: joe-job-spam
title: "Joe-Job" spam on other networks referring to freenode
category: community
category: general
category: freenode
---

It has come to our attention that someone is going around other IRC networks,
spamming channels with racist messages which suggest that they are promoting a
channel here on freenode, and that we are aware and supportive of such.

We are monitoring the situation, but there's little we can do when they're
targetting other networks, but we'd like to clarify that we of course do not
support any racist or hate-inciting behaviour, which is strictly against our
[terms of use](http://freenode.net/policies), and that the channel(s) referenced
in the spam messages are in no way connected to the spam - rather they are
innocent victims of a "[Joe Job](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job)"
designed to disrupt them as well as freenode.

Since there's little we can do to stop it on other networks, reporting each
individual sighting, particularly in #freenode, is of limited value and likely
to cause more noise than signal, but feel free to message a staffer (use the
`/stats p` command to see who's available) if you have concerns, or particularly
if you are part of the oper/staff team on another affected network and want to
talk to us.
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a00b57c7 DP	4	slug: joe-job-spam
	5	title: "Joe-Job" spam on other networks referring to freenode
	6	category: community
	7	category: general
	8	category: freenode
	9	---
	10
7613feba	11	It has come to our attention that someone is going around other IRC networks,
a00b57c7 DP	12	spamming channels with racist messages which suggest that they are promoting a
	13	channel here on freenode, and that we are aware and supportive of such.
	14
	15	We are monitoring the situation, but there's little we can do when they're
	16	targetting other networks, but we'd like to clarify that we of course do not
	17	support any racist or hate-inciting behaviour, which is strictly against our
	18	[terms of use](http://freenode.net/policies), and that the channel(s) referenced
	19	in the spam messages are in no way connected to the spam - rather they are
	20	innocent victims of a "[Joe Job](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job)"
	21	designed to disrupt them as well as freenode.
	22
	23	Since there's little we can do to stop it on other networks, reporting each
	24	individual sighting, particularly in #freenode, is of limited value and likely
	25	to cause more noise than signal, but feel free to message a staffer (use the
	26	`/stats p` command to see who's available) if you have concerns, or particularly
	27	if you are part of the oper/staff team on another affected network and want to
	28	talk to us.