Re: List moderator action

[Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]>]

Stephen Farrell wrote on 28/04/2026 22:16:
> I have some sympathy with the above. IMO we are damaging ourselves
> somewhat by reacting too harshly to DJB's useless footer text. The
> sequence of bans on various lists looks quite silly.

if it had just been an issue of some footer text from a random punter, 
I'm pretty sure it would have been quietly ignored or written off as yet 
more mild eccentricity from yet another ietf participant. The problem 
was that there were legal threats in Dan's emails, allegations of 
criminal activity, abusive language directed at the ietf and its 
participants, unpleasant and demeaning commentary, and a pile other 
unnecessary drama. I'm not much of a fan of restricting peoples' posting 
rights either, but Dan would help his own cause by cutting out the 
invective and generally being a bit more circumspect about which battles 
are worth fighting, and which are not. We all get up on our high horse 
from time to time about something, but it's exhausting when people get 
up on their high horse about everything, all the time.

Nick