Added blog post about joe-job spamming

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+author: bigpresh
+date: 2017-12-05 09:66:00+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 attemption 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.