I’m in an unusual situation in that I have three different “identities” under which my posts could be categorized: I am an employee of CEA, an EA Forum moderator, and also (in some comments) a private citizen. Since these identities interact in ways that could imply conflict of interest, I try to separate out which one I’m using when it might matter (though not all the time).
I’ve rarely felt as though a disclaimer was necessary, but I do find them helpful in the aforementioned case of “I work for org X”, since that’s hard to keep track of otherwise and often lets me know to trust someone’s views more than I would otherwise (e.g. if they talk about something related to their org that implies insider knowledge).
I’m in an unusual situation in that I have three different “identities” under which my posts could be categorized: I am an employee of CEA, an EA Forum moderator, and also (in some comments) a private citizen. Since these identities interact in ways that could imply conflict of interest, I try to separate out which one I’m using when it might matter (though not all the time).
I’ve rarely felt as though a disclaimer was necessary, but I do find them helpful in the aforementioned case of “I work for org X”, since that’s hard to keep track of otherwise and often lets me know to trust someone’s views more than I would otherwise (e.g. if they talk about something related to their org that implies insider knowledge).