What is the Moof Monster?
The moof monster is an Internet legend that people may refer to when they are using Internet relay chat (IRC) channels. Though there are now many ways to communicate in real time via the Internet, IRC remains popular especially among longtime users, and there are IRC channels available for virtually every operating system. Similar to a MOO (multi-user domains), IRCs are more specific and people can talk (write) either one-on-one on channels or in large groups. Clients supporting IRCs can sometimes drop or disconnect a user for no apparent reason, during the middle of a chat. When you’re dropped, you’ve become victim of the moof monster. There’s no reason, at least an easily definable one, why you were suddenly dropped from the IRC. Hence these disconnects are credited to the moof monster, and people returning to the chat after being disconnected might write, “Sorry, got moofed.” If you happen to be on an IRC, and you hear a reference to moofing or the moof monster, you now know what it
The moof monster is an Internet legend that people may refer to when they are using Internet relay chat (IRC) channels. Though there are now many ways to communicate in real time via the Internet, IRC remains popular especially among longtime users, and there are IRC channels available for virtually every operating system. Similar to a MOO (multi-user domains), IRCs are more specific and people can talk (write) either one-on-one on channels or in large groups. Clients supporting IRCs can sometimes drop or disconnect a user for no apparent reason, during the middle of a chat. When you’re dropped, you’ve become victim of the moof monster. There’s no reason, at least an easily definable one, why you were suddenly dropped from the IRC. Hence these disconnects are credited to the moof monster, and people returning to the chat after being disconnected might write, “Sorry, got moofed.†If you happen to be on an IRC, and you hear a reference to moofing or the moof monster, you now kno
