About The Channel

Serving as the official IRC channel for the r/sysadmin subreddit since 2010, the channel began on Freenode before the hostile takeover and mass purge of registrations. After that, the community moved to Libera.Chat where it has operated ever since.

The original channel founder was inactive, and the community eventually held a channel-wide vote for new leadership. cryptic1 was voted in as operator, soon joined by mistiry. With active operators, the channel exploded in popularity — additional ops from multiple timezones were added for global coverage. Long-time users may remember earlier bots like Cueanay (Q&A), SavantBot (karma/voting), or GamingChair (games).

Today it remains the most popular Reddit-related channel on Libera — by user count, more than all others combined. Averaging ~330 users throughout 2023, it's a place for sysadmins worldwide to talk tech, security, and networking — or just decompress with people who get it.

The Discord Relay

The bot sd ("Sysadmin Discord") bridges #reddit-sysadmin with the r/sysadmin Official Discord. IRC users see Discord messages with stylized usernames; Discord users see each IRC nick as a unique bot with its own avatar. User tagging works across both platforms. Most DoTheNeedful features work for Discord users too — see Bot Help for details.

The Current Ops Team

  • mistiry
  • cryptic1
  • killdash9
  • JollyRgrs
  • Code_Man65
  • baguettes
  • xe0n
  • gibby

Message an op directly: /msg [op] your question here

Privacy Information

One should never assume that data shared publicly online is not being collected. Here is what we collect:

  • Nicknames — logged whenever you interact with the bot.
  • Hostnames — stored with your user record. Get a cloak: join #libera-cloak and type !cloakme.
  • Messages — the last message seen per user is stored; no persistent chat log is kept.
What is retained

Seen Info — A record per user storing their last-seen time, nickname, hostname, last message, and location. This is overwritten on every interaction — only the latest entry is kept indefinitely.

Quote Data — Quotes submitted by users are kept indefinitely. No moderator approval is required, though the ops team removes quotes that are racist, hateful, or otherwise harmful.