<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Right on Mike. Thank you.</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Daniel </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 28, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Mike Silber <<a href="mailto:silber.mike@gmail.com" class="">silber.mike@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">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.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">It is not paid shills pretending to be objective and impartial “community members” yet pushing a specific (and presumably paid) objective.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I consider this “astroturfing”, but it is a distinction without a difference.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 05:40, Ibeanusi Elvis <<a href="mailto:ibeanusielvis@gmail.com" class="">ibeanusielvis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">Hello All, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, </div></div></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""></div></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><div class="">Elvis. </div><div class=""><div style="direction:ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 28, 2021, at 5:26, Serah Eazy <<a href="mailto:seraheazy@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">seraheazy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">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.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Warm Regards</div><div dir="auto" class="">Oluwabunmi</div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 9:08 PM Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Not sure you do TBH. We (should) all know this is a sock puppet. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">What would be great is if a reputable and neutral press outlet took interest. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Warm regards,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">-M<</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 12:54 Chris Woodfield <<a href="mailto:chris@semihuman.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">chris@semihuman.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">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.</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-C<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 26, 2021, at 3:45 AM, Cheken Chetty <<a href="mailto:rameez.chetty@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">rameez.chetty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hi all, </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">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 : </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><a href="https://cloudinnovation.org/press-release3.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://cloudinnovation.org/press-release3.html</a>.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards</div></div>
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