<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Nonjabulo,<div><br></div><div>I think the important point that we are all missing here. Is that much as Spain deserved to win the World Cup Final last night, it is clear that Argentina did not deserve to be facing them in the finals. After the the games they played against Egypt and England, it’s clear that they had a the referee and FIFA on their side. Our policy development process is much like football really. </div><div><br></div><div>Kindest Contrafibularities,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben </div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 20 Jul 2026, at 19:36, Nonjabulo Sphilile <nonjabulosphilile@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hi Mike,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Your clarification does not remove my concern. Calling AI-assisted participation a potential “DDoS” still frames the tool as suspicious before any disruptive conduct has occurred.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Existing rules already address flooding. Moderation should respond to proven behaviour, not hypothetical assumptions about technology. Otherwise, process management becomes gatekeeping.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Nonjabulo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 20 Jul 2026, 18:14 Mike Burns, <<a href="mailto:mike@iptrading.com">mike@iptrading.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-33400769250879613WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Nonjablulo,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I want to be clear that AI DDos is the same as automated flooding. AI can generate non-duplicative prompts more quickly and easily than anything else, which provide a tool for list-swamping.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What that can do is render the list unusable. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Note that I do not see that happening in any current conversations.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And as I pointed out, existing procedures can take care of list flooding, whether AI generated or not.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I thought I was clear that absent the flooding I called a DDoS, all arguments should be considered on their merits.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I personally don’t care where the argument comes from.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,<br>Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nonjabulo Sphilile <<a href="mailto:nonjabulosphilile@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nonjabulosphilile@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 20, 2026 12:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Writing tools<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Mike,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The “AI DDoS” analogy is the wrong category. Participants are not packets, and disagreement is not an attack on the process.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The list may regulate actual conduct such as automated flooding, impersonation, excessive duplication, or deliberate disruption. It should not infer abuse from writing style or from the use of a drafting tool. A person who reviews, submits, and stands behind a message remains responsible for it.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any guideline must therefore be tool-neutral and based on measurable behaviour. Otherwise process management becomes a mechanism for filtering unfamiliar or inconvenient voices while established participants continue to define what counts as legitimate participation.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Rough consensus is not protected by narrowing the room. It is protected by identifying distinct issues, answering them on their merits, and refusing to turn procedural control into institutional mandate.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I oppose any rule that treats AI assistance itself as presumptive misconduct.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Nonjabulo<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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