On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 12:52:45PM +0100, Carlos Friaas via anti-abuse-wg wrote:
Just like a few days ago i wrote that i hoped there wasn't any kind of discrimination against portuguese participants, i hope there isn't also any kind of discrimination against new participants on this WG.
Please provide evidence for your insinuation that anyone here discriminates against Portuguese (or any other nationality for that matter.) I can't but regard such an insinuation as a cheap rhetorical trick.
I may understand if some people prefer to have less people in the WG, but i'm not part of that set. While worrying about how we can improve rules/tools against Abuse (that's the point of an Anti-Abuse WG, right?), i would also like to see a much larger number of people involved!
I've long argued that all policy should only be discussed in ap-wg as I don't think this limited an audience should make policy with far-reaching consequences. Alas, everyone wants to rule in Hell rather than serve in Heaven.
If someone has any doubt about if newcomers are real persons, then please Google away. :-)
Well, that gives me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)#Meatpuppet So the term "Astroturfing" is technically incorrect as that implies fictitious entities with some commercial interest behind it. Nobody has said that and new participants are always welcome, the more know about this the better. However: If someone shows up here only to add a "+1" to a proposal and is then never heard from again, I don't think their support should carry much weight. I trust the chairs to consider this, of course. rgds, SL
On Wed, 3 Apr 2019, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
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Is someone encouraging astroturfing?
The number of either new or inactive members of this list who have posted one line messages in support of the recent policy discussion has reached insane levels
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Michele
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