Like I said we were talking about iMessage security in comments yesterday (or maybe this morning?) so presumably if the next time they saw my nick was in an App

Like I said we were talking about iMessage security in comments yesterday (or maybe this morning?) so presumably if the next time they saw my nick was in an Apple blog submission they became suspicious that I was a shill. Given that specific context I don’t think it’s wholly unreasonable to question things. The phrasin of the question is obviously unpleasant to me as it does come off as accusatory (due to the conspiratorial implication you get from the “no weaseling” text). But again if someone was a shill you probably would want a question like that. But I’d expect a shill to just not acknowledge the question - it is afaict being fairly heavily downvoted which I don’t think is reasonable either (because everyone loves fake internet points :) ) as that would benefit a shill/marketing person. Anyway to be super clear again: anything I say is my personal thoughts and opinions and in no way reflects what any of my employers, past or present may be thinking or doing. I guess I could put that in my HN bio? I hadn’t previously because I do try to separate my identity from my job, as when I first started out in tech I did not do that, and it was unhealthy.