[rattray]

As a reader of the threads, I first assumed you were an independent security/privacy researcher. Only when I saw a reply of yours "that's being worked on" did I begin to suspect you were affiliated with brave (but assumed as a fan).

I was not able to quickly confirm your affiliation (bio was first place I looked). Not disclosing this more prominently felt icky.

(Disclosure: I am a user & fan of Brave)

[jonathansampson]

For some context, I released this on Twitter, to my followers, who know I work for Brave. I mean, in my profile picture I'm seen wearing a Brave shirt and presenting at a Brave booth

The threads aren't hit pieces; they were the curious musing of a software engineer and browser builder. And it's worth noting that I spend time yesterday working with Mozilla on their telemetry bugs; so I'm not her to throw mud. Somebody else posted my thread here, and caused it to blow up. Don't lay that on me

[rattray]

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply ill intent whatsoever. It didn't come across to me that you were trying to do anything shady, and it also didn't seem like you were trying to damage a competitor.

Given that this did end up reaching a broader audience than your twitter following (it is a public forum), my feedback would be that it was too hard to tell that you were directly affiliated with Brave, and that it would feel much classier to disclose this clearly in your bio (just "eng @brave" or something, or even a top-level reply to your primary thread if you don't want to modify your bio).

Perhaps I'm less eagle-eyed or adept than most twitter users, but I actively suspected you were affiliated, looked for clues that you were, and could not find them. Given that it wasn't your intent to hide anything, but can accidentally give an impression that you are, it might go over better to be more proactive in disclosure.

Again, the thread itself was successful in achieving the tone of "just the curious musings of a software engineer", was great content, and IMO still reads well with knowledge of your horse in the race.

[jonathansampson]

Thank you for the kind words. I tend to leave off my present employer on Twitter. That said, I'll give it some consideration. All the best!