Gift disclosure and thank you
Dec 22, 2011, 7:52 am
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The disclosure, voluntary as it is too, is nice to see. Any disclosures about airlines or hotels or credit card companies offering benefits to company-selected "opinion leaders" in positions of authority, perhaps in hopes of "guiding" things or having a "closer" relationship? It's how they try to play it with the travel blogging industry. It's how lobbyists try to do it with favored pols and bureaucrats.
Even as I trust that many people can take from others without feeling obliged to them, the disclosure is still appreciated.
Even as I trust that many people can take from others without feeling obliged to them, the disclosure is still appreciated.
Well, that and to say thanks, since my momma raised me to be polite.
Dec 22, 2011, 4:55 pm
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That's exactly why I posted. I don't believe that IB (or anyone else, for that matter) could 'buy' anything from me in terms of my meager role around here. But I think that in the ever-increasingly murky world of blurred 'commercial' ventures (both on line and in the real world), the best way to avoid even the appearance of a conflict is simple full disclosure. Even of something as nominal as this. ^
Well, that and to say thanks, since my momma raised me to be polite.
Well, that and to say thanks, since my momma raised me to be polite.
Dec 23, 2011, 11:01 am
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In its advisory capacity, will TB consider a proposal to advocate, for the above reasons, that such disclosure become standard practice for those in a position of privileged official influence on FT? At the very least, TB doing it for TB should be possible despite TB's limitations.
For now I thought I would just lead by example. @:-)
Dec 23, 2011, 12:38 pm
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In its advisory capacity, will TB consider a proposal to advocate, for the above reasons, that such disclosure become standard practice for those in a position of privileged official influence on FT? At the very least, TB doing it for TB should be possible despite TB's limitations.
<and now i will duck>
Dec 23, 2011, 12:58 pm
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Dec 23, 2011, 2:50 pm
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Dec 23, 2011, 2:55 pm
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I already disclosed both my mansion and my yacht. Do you expect me to really head into the 1%er stratosphere with my own Four Seasons Maldives bungalow disclosure?
Dec 23, 2011, 4:51 pm
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Dec 24, 2011, 5:15 pm
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Thank you, IB, for the $5. That plus the $20 I already had saved up in Amazon gifts from family, etc. means I now have enough to qualify for Free Super-Saver Shipping!
Dec 25, 2011, 2:36 am
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Dec 25, 2011, 5:45 pm
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As this is supposedly a family-friendly board -- even of relevance to minors -- is it safe to conclude that the "moral majority" thanks you for not elaborating upon who is holding a particular Kama Sutra position?