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People tend to register with services, leaving behind their mail adresses or other data we don't want to have and don't want to be in charge of.
Ok. Just use a bot that gives you op or whatever you need.
Some blafasel users weren't too happy with the missing security features of blafasel, so they forked a darkfasel net. By now, most of the active blafasel channels and users have moved to darkfasel.