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Wouldn't need so much. The sidebar could say 'founder of app.net' instead of the machismo bullshit that's there now.

I think it's generally considered bad form do dump on your competitors, even when you do disclose your financial interests in the matter.

I mean, it's certainly not illegal, and one could argue that it isn't even unethical. But it's definitely in bad form. Rude. Vulgar.

Thanks for bringing this up. The present trend of prefixing everything with "full disclosure" seems to me to misunderstand the whole issue, and dilutes the legitimate cases where disclosure is needed.