You say that, "Brian". You respond, "SM". A persistent identifier is helpful in sustained shared multiparty conversation; whether it represents a "real" person or not does not matter. And who are "we"? "L." ________________________________________ From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SM [sm@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 21 October 2013 21:18 To: Brian E Carpenter Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Anonymous postings At 12:05 21-10-2013, Brian E Carpenter wrote: >1. We shouldn't tolerate anonymous postings in any case. There is a thread at http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dane/current/msg05855.html and one at http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg81133.html It is better to focus on the content instead of the messenger. Regards, -sm