All you really need to know is a bot is not a REAL person. When I first started on IRC, I found myself chatting with a bot for a long time before I realized why it was not reacting to any of my messages . Twelve persons have volunteered to be channel operators. Draggon is the channel manager and also has operator status. The role of an operator is to ensure the channel is not being used in an abusive manner so that everyone can enjoy a friendly chat.
Flooding means repeating the same message to a person or the channel over and over again .
It is a method used by hackers to take over a channel. While I am not an expert in IRC, I will try to lend a hand. Copyright 1995 Golden Retrievers in Cyberspace . All rights reserved.