Disclaimers....

[Liz Fraley]

Sounds like a great idea.

I think it's generally good form for companies and people to declare their
affiliations whenever they're talking about any product/service be it in an
email, blog post, their website, whatever.

So many do not; and, even when folks post from their work email address,
affiliations are not always mentioned by name. (Not like someone whose email
address includes @adobe.com. I mean, that's a bit more obvious.)

Consultants, especially those who claim neutrality, are the worst offenders,
actually. It's very, very rare to see any of them provide a disclaimer that
says something like, "We only ever recommend X, Y, and Z products because
they give us leads and vendor K won't."

"What are your affiliations?" is a fair question for anyone.

Liz


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>wrote:

> Because this list is often on auto-pilot with the owner not especially
> active, I'd like to put forward the idea:
>
> When vendors step forward with a recommendation for a plug-in,
> auxiliary program, post processor, or other FM tool that solves a
> problem, that they mention their association with the product. Either
> a line in the post / recommendation or a line in their .sig that
> identifies the provider of information as someone who has an interest
> in the product.
>
> Like everyone else, I think, I value both the tools and the special
> expertise that vendors bring to the list and their products (I
> certainly use enough of them!).
> But I think it's only fair that they clearly identify themselves to
> make things very clear to posters who may not have been on the list
> long enough to identify them by email address.
>
> Cheers,
> Art
>
> Art Campbell
>                art.campbell at gmail.com
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> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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