[fermienrico]

I’ve always wondered this - why do internet comments have to explicitly say “I’m not a lawyer and this is not a legal advice”?

I think that it’s pretty obvious and needless. What’s the consequence of not having a disclaimer? Internet has a lot of noise and it is the responsibility of the reader. I never understood why people have to say this.

Same goes for “I am not a Doctor”.

Are there any legal ramifications to:

A) Comment has legal terminology and kind of sounds like legal advice but has no disclaimer.

B) What if someone falsefully claims they’re a Lawyer and puts out a comment on the internet?

I am bothered by this since the dawn of the internet and never understood it.

[jacques_chester]

For a few years I studied law. The first lecture was, essentially: "You are not lawyers. Do not give legal advice. Do not claim to know anything. You are not lawyers".

Since I dropped out, I am doubly not a lawyer.

[dlubarov]

There was a good discussion about this on law.SE: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/596/what-legal-liabi...

[acchow]

I think it's just a friendly reminder to read with caution.

People need reminding.