I think you're misunderstanding. It's about making it very clear that you aren't speaking on behalf of the company. It might seem like anyone reasonable would u

I think you're misunderstanding. It's about making it very clear that you aren't speaking on behalf of the company. It might seem like anyone reasonable would understand that, but that would just mean there are a lot of unreasonable people in the world. I'd say that a situation where you feel the need to add that sort of disclaimer generally means you should keep your mouth shut, but stopping people from talking about things they know about will never happen. In other industries, you'll find similar boilerplate disclaimers like "this is not investment advice." Particularly amusing when it is attached to even character-limited tweets.