Re: trolling

[Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

> I vaguely recall a rule on the mailing list, lightly enforced, that
> participants were expected to use their own real names. I believe the
> grounds for it was that this is a professional forum intended to
> facilitate discussion between professionals. Not some hackernet on the
> dark web.


There is no such rule today, nor has there ever been one that I can ever
remember.



On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM William Herrin via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM nanog--- via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> wrote:
> > Perhaps those who call others "internet trolls" should
> > reconsider whether their own behaviour is trolling. In
> > the modern online environment, it is unwise to expose
> > personal information needlessly.
>
> I vaguely recall a rule on the mailing list, lightly enforced, that
> participants were expected to use their own real names. I believe the
> grounds for it was that this is a professional forum intended to
> facilitate discussion between professionals. Not some hackernet on the
> dark web.
>
> Did the policy change at some point or am I misremembering it entirely?
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
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