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Huh, sorry, I'm confused. What should I (not) be doing? I thought not disclosing being the author of the linked thing was poor form.

• pvg 7y ago
  Oh it's nitpicker than that - you don't have to 'disclaim' being the author cause, you're, you know, the author and can just say you are.
  • lvh 7y ago
    Ah! So you're saying I should say "Full disclosure" and not "Disclaimer"? (Or nothing at all, as I do here, I suppose :-)) Yes, you're absolutely right and I'll try to do better in the future :)
    • pvg 7y ago
      'Disclosure' is something journalists use to point out a potential external conflict/relationship the reader might unaware of. But you don't need it to point out authorship either. You're really saying 'I want you to be aware I wrote the thing we are discussing' not 'Please don't think I'm sockpuppetting for myself'. This is a bit like an even more persnickety version 'nation state' in that the trivial fix is just dropping the pointless ceremony.