[Community-Discuss] [arin-ppml] Update on Litigation Between AFRINIC and Cloud Innovation ltd

Mike Silber silber.mike at gmail.com
Tue Dec 28 08:36:14 UTC 2021


The key difference is that when AfriNIC shares an update, it is from an
organizational email account and the person’s affiliation is clearly stated.

It is not paid shills pretending to be objective and impartial “community
members” yet pushing a specific (and presumably paid) objective.

I consider this “astroturfing”, but it is a distinction without a
difference.

Maybe if you and others of your ilk were more honest about your affiliation
- the community would find your interventions less objectionable. Certainly
I would appreciate more transparency and less pretense.

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 05:40, Ibeanusi Elvis <ibeanusielvis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> This “sockpuppet” ideology and terminology that has become an excessively
> overused irrelevant term in this mailing list. What is wrong with sharing a
> link of interest or a link that a member consider relevant to him/herself.
> Freedom of expression is always promoted in this community as long as it
> does not go out of line. Members of this community including the AFRINIC
> organization itself always share updates and links; never have it been
> considered an act of being a “Sockpuppet”. Lets stop throwing words around
> in this community mailing list and create unwanted confusion.
>
> Regards,
> Elvis.
>
> On Dec 28, 2021, at 5:26, Serah Eazy <seraheazy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don’t see anything wrong with someone sharing a link of interest to some
> mailing lists. The past updates have been shared by AFRINIC itself or a
> community member that wanted to transmit the information and hardly anyone
> considered that a « sockpuppet » act. Only the two parties involved in the
> litigation are informed of the case’s latest development and it’s always
> appreciated when one of them releases a statement to update us about it.
>
> Warm Regards
> Oluwabunmi
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 9:08 PM Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Not sure you do TBH. We (should) all know this is a sock puppet.
>>
>> What would be great is if a reputable and neutral press outlet took
>> interest.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> -M<
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 12:54 Chris Woodfield <chris at semihuman.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It pains me to feel like I have to state the obvious, but a PR release
>>> from one of the parties in this dispute can hardly be considered a notable
>>> development worth posting to every RIR’s mailing list.
>>>
>>> -C
>>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2021, at 3:45 AM, Cheken Chetty <rameez.chetty at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I believe the Internet community is still concerned with the ongoings of
>>> the lawsuit between Cloud Innovation and AFRINIC. Here's a post I saw
>>> recently :
>>>
>>> https://cloudinnovation.org/press-release3.html.
>>>
>>> Regards
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