Re: trolling

[William Herrin via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> There is no such rule today, nor has there ever been one that I can ever remember.

Hi Tom,

Then I must be thinking of a different mailing list.

Nevertheless, while I agree that the words should matter more than the
speaker, I think there's a degree of professionalism missing from
anonymized messages and that matters too.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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