I have been tracking this for months.

There is clearly at best, bias in moderation on the IETF list or possibly far worse.

When djb was suspended for an innocuous reason, at the same time participants were engaging in activity that would usually be met with permabans (name calling, bullying, etc.). They were not banned.

He's been up against serious adversity but continues to protect the lesser informed.

This is why djb is in the Cypherpunks Hall of Fame! [1]

[1] https://cypherpunkshall.github.io

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Foxboron 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> This is why djb is in the Cypherpunks Hall of Fame! [1]

This is a list made by you 2 weeks ago?

EDIT: Okay lol. I actually browsed the list and found multiple dubious entries, along with Trump!

Hilarious list. 10/10.

	▲	jonesjohnson 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		what do you expect, when the tagline at the end of the page says "In crypto we trust."? Honestly, it's a bit sad. There are many great people on that list, but some seem a bit random and some are just straight up cryptobros, which makes the whole thing a joke, unfortunately

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anonym29 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Name calling, bullying (forms of systematic harassment) and attempting to instill feelings of social isolation in a target are documented techniques employed by intelligence agencies in both online and offline discourse manipulation / information warfare.

You can read up more here if you are curious: https://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/news/2015/jun/beh...

Many of the attacks against djb line up quite nicely with "discredit" operational objectives.

	▲	timschmidt 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Don't forget the ever popular CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual: https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/...
	▲	webdoodle 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Bully and systematic harassment of cryptographers too build in backdoors too there encryption systems has been there go to strategy since the 80's.