[tptacek]

The point of the guideline is that accusing people of commenting in bad faith --- another guideline here --- makes for bad, boring conversation. What's worse, the comment you responded to made a bad argument that I think is easy to knock down on its merits, and by writing like this you weakened those rebuttals. Don't write like this here.

[dns_snek]

I'm sorry you feel like I don't live up to your standards, I believe that transparency about affiliations and conflicts of interest is paramount to healthy and productive discussion. Disclosing these things when criticizing competitors is really basic etiquette.

And look, it was just a simple nudge for them to disclose their affiliations more plainly in the future, while also providing relevant (and apparently appreciated) context to other readers. It was a footnote, not an argument.

[tptacek]

Yes. Stop providing those nudges. They're not OK.