If you write it down and don't show it to anyone else, that's fine. If you show it to your best friend in a private setting, and your best friend cancels a busi

If you write it down and don't show it to anyone else, that's fine. If you show it to your best friend in a private setting, and your best friend cancels a business deal with mkramlich as a result, that's defamation, and you can be sued for it.