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Huh. Oddly enough I'd never read this.

O__________O 4y ago
Realize (now) you’re Cloudflare’s CTO, but might be worth pointing it out when you’re replying to Cloudflare related topics; you obviously have been around HN awhile so guessing it’s unlikely to make a difference, but in my experience on HN people generally appreciate the clarity.
- jgrahamc 4y ago
  Yeah, but I worry about: https://c.tenor.com/a_NihQtSKK0AAAAC/anchorman-ron-burgundy.gif https://c.tenor.com/a_NihQtSKK0AAAAC/anchorman-ron-burgundy....
  - O__________O 4y ago
    In my experience, better to mention it, but understand your experience might say otherwise.
  - yencabulator 4y ago
    Think of it more as a name tag & uniform a franchise restaurant makes its employees wear, so you know who works there. Takes away the prestige pretty quick ;)
  - stingraycharles 4y ago
    FWIW I agree with that approach. HN audience recognizes you anyway which gathers the upvotes, and if it’s really confusing someone will point out you’re the CF CTO anyway.
- deleted 4y ago
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- hombre_fatal 4y ago
  They have it in their bio which is the HN norm, not announcing one’s creds at every turn. But I think these “HNers would appreciate it!” community spokesman kinds of comments are kinda lame. I don’t think HNers need to be spoon fed “I’m Cloudlfare’s CTO btw! :^D” every time the guy rears his head. Especially just to say he never read TFA before…
  - O__________O 4y ago
    Said the user with “this account is a GPT-3 bot” in their profile. Like I said, pointed this out 100s of times over years and my experience says otherwise; not my first account, nor will it be my last. Also, not dang, not trying to be dang, but also firmly believe HN is a community and important for the community to express themselves, but also would be more than happy to respect dang’s wishes.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
    > They have it in their bio which is the HN norm, not announcing one’s creds at every turn. No, appending something like "(disclaimer: CF employee)" is absolutely the norm anytime it could even remotely be construed as a conflict of interest. It might be fine here, but this is an edge case.
    - hombre_fatal 4y ago
      I disagree that every comment you make in a community has to stand alone and reintroduce yourself lest a newcomer flies off the handle without knowing who they’re responding to. That is just annoying. Nor do I think it’s a convincing point coming from someone who suggests they aren’t new here. imo people new to a community could slow their roll esp in a debate.
      - yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
        Alright; I've been on HN for 5 years. Since we're all friends who know each other so well, how about you tell me about myself? I'm reasonably active and I have an extremely recognizable username, so you should of course remember me quite well.
      - jjulius 4y ago
        >I disagree that every comment you make in a community has to stand alone and reintroduce yourself lest a newcomer flies off the handle without knowing who they’re responding to. I think it's circumstantial. For instance, I don't really think it's necessary for the CTO to have said, "disclaimer: CF employee/CTO/whatever" in this thread. But in this thread[1] from yesterday, I think it would've been helpful. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32912075#32912276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32912075#32912276
- wahnfrieden 4y ago
  I just flagged/downvoted as content-less/off topic (as it is) and move on. No need to simp for online execs
  - O__________O 4y ago
    Don’t agree about the flagging/down voting, since normally community agrees it is appropriate; also, how would the user even know that was an issue. Do agree there appears to be degree of simp like behavior going on, which is interesting.
LinuxBender 4y ago
I contributed some VM's to this early on in the project but then pulled out of it. There were no stats to show how my nodes were contributing and I was concerned that I might lose my VPS account since I could not tell how this was being used. I liked the idea.
jedberg 4y ago
That's funny, I figured they would have shown it to you for recruiting purposes. :) I remember Matt always talking about how Cloudflare was his ultimate vision for the honeypot project -- a way to block bad actors on the internet by aggregating information.
- jgrahamc 4y ago
  He tried to recruit me very early on although I don't think in 2009 (I believe it was the year after) and I wasn't ready to go to the US and they weren't ready to have someone in London.
ranger_danger 4y ago
- O__________O 4y ago
  Didn’t down vote you, but generally bad form to hijack a thread just to pop a question about a completely unrelated topic; both from the thread and post itself.

Realize (now) you’re Cloudflare’s CTO, but might be worth pointing it out when you’re replying to Cloudflare related topics; you obviously have been around HN awhile so guessing it’s unlikely to make a difference, but in my experience on HN people generally appreciate the clarity.

jgrahamc 4y ago
Yeah, but I worry about: https://c.tenor.com/a_NihQtSKK0AAAAC/anchorman-ron-burgundy.gif https://c.tenor.com/a_NihQtSKK0AAAAC/anchorman-ron-burgundy....
- O__________O 4y ago
  In my experience, better to mention it, but understand your experience might say otherwise.
- yencabulator 4y ago
  Think of it more as a name tag & uniform a franchise restaurant makes its employees wear, so you know who works there. Takes away the prestige pretty quick ;)
- stingraycharles 4y ago
  FWIW I agree with that approach. HN audience recognizes you anyway which gathers the upvotes, and if it’s really confusing someone will point out you’re the CF CTO anyway.
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hombre_fatal 4y ago
They have it in their bio which is the HN norm, not announcing one’s creds at every turn. But I think these “HNers would appreciate it!” community spokesman kinds of comments are kinda lame. I don’t think HNers need to be spoon fed “I’m Cloudlfare’s CTO btw! :^D” every time the guy rears his head. Especially just to say he never read TFA before…
- O__________O 4y ago
  Said the user with “this account is a GPT-3 bot” in their profile. Like I said, pointed this out 100s of times over years and my experience says otherwise; not my first account, nor will it be my last. Also, not dang, not trying to be dang, but also firmly believe HN is a community and important for the community to express themselves, but also would be more than happy to respect dang’s wishes.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
  > They have it in their bio which is the HN norm, not announcing one’s creds at every turn. No, appending something like "(disclaimer: CF employee)" is absolutely the norm anytime it could even remotely be construed as a conflict of interest. It might be fine here, but this is an edge case.
  - hombre_fatal 4y ago
    I disagree that every comment you make in a community has to stand alone and reintroduce yourself lest a newcomer flies off the handle without knowing who they’re responding to. That is just annoying. Nor do I think it’s a convincing point coming from someone who suggests they aren’t new here. imo people new to a community could slow their roll esp in a debate.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
      Alright; I've been on HN for 5 years. Since we're all friends who know each other so well, how about you tell me about myself? I'm reasonably active and I have an extremely recognizable username, so you should of course remember me quite well.
    - jjulius 4y ago
      >I disagree that every comment you make in a community has to stand alone and reintroduce yourself lest a newcomer flies off the handle without knowing who they’re responding to. I think it's circumstantial. For instance, I don't really think it's necessary for the CTO to have said, "disclaimer: CF employee/CTO/whatever" in this thread. But in this thread[1] from yesterday, I think it would've been helpful. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32912075#32912276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32912075#32912276
wahnfrieden 4y ago
I just flagged/downvoted as content-less/off topic (as it is) and move on. No need to simp for online execs
- O__________O 4y ago
  Don’t agree about the flagging/down voting, since normally community agrees it is appropriate; also, how would the user even know that was an issue. Do agree there appears to be degree of simp like behavior going on, which is interesting.

LinuxBender 4y ago

I contributed some VM's to this early on in the project but then pulled out of it. There were no stats to show how my nodes were contributing and I was concerned that I might lose my VPS account since I could not tell how this was being used. I liked the idea.

jedberg 4y ago

That's funny, I figured they would have shown it to you for recruiting purposes. :) I remember Matt always talking about how Cloudflare was his ultimate vision for the honeypot project -- a way to block bad actors on the internet by aggregating information.

jgrahamc 4y ago
He tried to recruit me very early on although I don't think in 2009 (I believe it was the year after) and I wasn't ready to go to the US and they weren't ready to have someone in London.

ranger_danger 4y ago

O__________O 4y ago
Didn’t down vote you, but generally bad form to hijack a thread just to pop a question about a completely unrelated topic; both from the thread and post itself.