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?
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