I think you're being more than a little unfair here Brett. What is on the ICANN site has none of the attributes of astroturfing at all. From Wikipedia: "Astroturfing is a neologism for formal public relations campaigns in politics and advertising that seek to create the impression of being spontaneous, grassroots behavior..." You can only get to the letter page if you follow a link that says: "If you agree." If you agree with what? Well, you can only find the "If you agree" link if you have already gone past a link urging you to read the ICANN submission, and a video of the CEO outlining his position. If you agree, you click on a link and there is a letter. If you don't agree but click anyway, there is nothing whatsoever to induce someone to add their email address, select a box, click Submit, wait on an email, and confirm the contents a second time. If this is astroturfing, then under your definition there can never be any such thing as a real grassroots campaign in which people simply add their support to something they agree with. It should be noted as well that ICANN has been encouraging people to send in comments for months - in public meetings, online at the blog, the public participation site, and the main website, and in countless conversations with the community. There is a link to the NTIA's Notice of Inquiry on the front page. People can send in whatever they like. But, if you are on ICANN's website and you agree with ICANN's submission, here is a simple way of doing so. That's not astroturfing. Kieren