[tor-bugs] #5684 [Metrics Data Processor]: Should we stop sanitizing nicknames in bridge descriptors?

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#5684: Should we stop sanitizing nicknames in bridge descriptors?
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 Reporter:  karsten                 |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |      Milestone:     
Component:  Metrics Data Processor  |        Version:     
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Comment(by karsten):

 Replying to [comment:4 bastik]:
 > Couldn't you add a setting for bridges like
 > - sanitize0/1
 > where 1 is default?
 >
 > For the ones that you wanna count you can set it to 0.
 > Bridge operators that want to use something like Atlas can set it to 0
 as well.

 Adding an option only because the devs don't want to make a decision is in
 general a pretty bad idea.  How can a user decide if a dev cannot?  I'd
 guess that 95% of bridge operators would never see this option and the
 remaining 5% wouldn't know how to set it right.  That would make the data
 almost unusable for counting EC2 bridges and for Atlas, and we'd generate
 support requests for no good reason.  No, we should decide whether we can
 safely include all original nicknames, and if not, we should keep
 sanitizing all of them.

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