visual annotation of users affiliated with network administration

[jesopo]

i guess this is sort of a verified checkmark. no idea how I'd go about implementing this, other than metadata once we finish it.

primary intended usecases is clearly visually denoting services bots and network staff in a way you cannot impersonate.

[emersion]

I've been implementing this in my clients with the network operator stuff already in the protocol.

[jesopo]

on second thoughts, I think I'd prefer to do it on a message-by-message basis. staff don't really want a badge on 24/7

[emersion]

Would a message-by-message thing be the same as the oper tag in ircv3/ircv3-specifications#494?

A message-per-message tag wouldn't allow clients to display an indicator outside of a message context (for instance, on a user info page). The information would get out-of-date until the staff sends a new message visible to the client.

The network operator in the current spec can be toggled on/off as desired.

[jesopo]

I'd intend the visual indication to be shown on the message, not the user

[jesopo]

consider this to how, on reddit, you can select whether you're speaking as a user or a mod

[jesopo]

and, as for the oper tag, maybe libera just needs to start sending that to users... scratch that, can't easily turn it on and off without deopering

[SadieCat]

How is this any different to ircv3/ircv3-specifications#494?

[dgw]

The draft/oper tag spec says it is added "to messages sent by a user who is currently an IRC operator". That doesn't seem to allow the intent expressed by @jesopo, to have this annotation attached only on-demand by the user speaking, a la reddit's "speaking as a mod" function that badges only specific comments when the user posting them chooses to do so.