News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests. Parent comment

Re:Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests by jefftk on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:36PM (#29468565)
> If I didn't state upfront that I was the tech lead of Workers, someone would (rightly) call me out for astroturfing.

The way I usually see people handle this, and what I do myself, is to both state your relation to the company and clarify whether you're speaking for the company. Ex: "I'm the tech lead for Cloudflare Workers, but speaking in my personal capacity..." or "I'm the tech lead for Cloudflare Workers (speaking only for myself) ..."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests by unityByFreedom on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:44PM (#29468618)
It's generally understood on HN that when someone says "I work at X" that they are not speaking on behalf of the company.

On top of that, Kenton is a frequent commenter here, and I've never gotten the "air of superiority" vibe from him where such verbosity would be necessary.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests by robertlagrant on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:47AM (#29470000)
This is true, but it's better to just assume people aren't speaking in an official capacity unless they say they are. This would also shave 30% off most Twitter bios.
[ Parent | on HN ]