If there is such a thing as sabotage of a public discussion venue, I have no idea how it would look any different than this.

If there is such a thing as sabotage of a public discussion venue, I have no idea how it would look any different than this. https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/mod-discuss/

Really sad that the IETF seems to not be structurally capable of preventing this. Maybe it has outgrown its effectiveness, like many online spaces do.