Sounds like a great idea. I think it's generally good form for companies and people to declare their affiliations whenever they're talking about any product/service be it in an email, blog post, their website, whatever.
So many do not; and, even when folks post from their work email address, affiliations are not always mentioned by name. (Not like someone whose email address includes @adobe.com. I mean, that's a bit more obvious.) Consultants, especially those who claim neutrality, are the worst offenders, actually. It's very, very rare to see any of them provide a disclaimer that says something like, "We only ever recommend X, Y, and Z products because they give us leads and vendor K won't." "What are your affiliations?" is a fair question for anyone. Liz On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Art Campbell <art.campb...@gmail.com>wrote: > Because this list is often on auto-pilot with the owner not especially > active, I'd like to put forward the idea: > > When vendors step forward with a recommendation for a plug-in, > auxiliary program, post processor, or other FM tool that solves a > problem, that they mention their association with the product. Either > a line in the post / recommendation or a line in their .sig that > identifies the provider of information as someone who has an interest > in the product. > > Like everyone else, I think, I value both the tools and the special > expertise that vendors bring to the list and their products (I > certainly use enough of them!). > But I think it's only fair that they clearly identify themselves to > make things very clear to posters who may not have been on the list > long enough to identify them by email address. > > Cheers, > Art > > Art Campbell > art.campb...@gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 > Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as calto...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/caltonia%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
