[anti-abuse-wg] Astroturfing?

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
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>On Wed, 3 Apr 2019, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
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>>Is someone encouraging astroturfing?
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>>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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