Joi Ito is asking for disclaimer advice:
I just got this from a good friend of mine via email.
This business with saying that you’re a shareholder in a company, or might be in the future, can we give that a rest? or can you put it on a page somewhere on its own.
It’s just annoying and offputting, and after a while it’s going to look arrogant and boastful. that’s what i think anyway.So I guess I should make a disclaimer page. Didn’t realize that the disclaimers could be construed as boasting, but hindsight seems obvious.
I think this somewhat strange… if he doesn’t say what he’s invested in, people complain he’s biased; if he does, he’s boastful? Or worse? I’d rather interact with people who say outright what their interests are, rather than those who pretend to a godlike impartiality.
That said, perhaps The World’s Most Powerful Meta-Disclaimer may be of help…
Update: Oops, had a broken backlink, it’s now fixed…
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