What are the IRC servers that are available as onion service only

Question

Hello HN, I am looking for online communities for open and intelligent discourse on non-tech(politics, culture,e.t.c) and tech topics. My hypothesis is if entry barrier is low, high moderation is required to maintain quality posts like HN, conversely if the entry barrier is high it acts as a moderation on the users quality. One of the things i miss in HN is the controversial opinions from intelligent people.Few days ago there was this post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691802 which had many public(non onion service) irc servers listed but I am looking for irc servers that is only available as onion service which has the right property for high barrier entry (setup) and provide anonymity for open conversation.

LinuxBender · Accepted Answer

onion onlyintelligent discourse on non-tech(politics, culture,e.t.c)In my opinion, you mentioned two things that are not compatible, even with the most vigilant moderation. The moderation, filters and access controls required to prevent chaos would simply drive people away. You might find a small handful of regulars that behave, but I think you would mostly hear crickets chirping.I like the idea though. I wish such a thing could work. You could always try it as an experiment. Set up an IRCD and Services, maybe LDAP backend so you can also tie it to a website and expose it on the Tor network. As part of the experiment, perhaps you could share on HN how many people created accounts, what the account churn rate is like and how many people had to be banned per day vs. people offering intelligent discourse.

ryanlol · Answer

I can confidently state that the public onion IRCs are not what you want. The people looking for quality chats have been driven away by the crazies.

kalado · Answer

Maybe by asking here, you yourself don't meet the barrier of entry.I did find several servers via google on the first page.

yamrzou · Answer

It would&rsquo;ve been great to have a &ldquo;Political/controversial HN&rdquo;, as a separate section of the site like Ask and Show. Obviously with the HN guidelines, and where the posts and moderation have the same high quality.

What are the IRC servers that are available as onion service only

I can confidently state that the public onion IRCs are not what you want. The people looking for quality chats have been driven away by the crazies.

Maybe by asking here, you yourself don't meet the barrier of entry.
I did find several servers via google on the first page.

It would’ve been great to have a “Political/controversial HN”, as a separate section of the site like Ask and Show. Obviously with the HN guidelines, and where the posts and moderation have the same high quality.