[GuinansEyebrows]

> This seems like a pretty normal thing to do

sorry to the rest of the esteemed hn community for the low-effort reply, but... gross.

[zulux]

We have a document detailing our competitors. So I guess I have to ask...

Am I normal?

[afavour]

If your document details personal information about your competitors employees and their personal contact details then I think the situation might be comparable.

And very much not normal.

[Catloafdev]

You think having a document detailing competitors is the same thing as compiling personal information of people who have publicly commented against what you're doing?

The sandbagging on this story is crazy.

[rolph]

if you attach some kind of socially hostile mandate to that list, and accumulated resources to actuate that mandate.

its one level of unhealthy to point at a demographic and say, "them they the source of the problems" , thats like archie bunker.

going further, individual names and dox, curated summarized to a quick read list, gathering weapons building a cell, thats historically malignant.

[ramon156]

Do those documents detail personal information, like face identification, family, etc.?

Its usually about the company, not the individual

[Spooky23]

Competitive intelligence and customer info is one thing. Do you block your business competitors associates and family from accessing public venues?

Dolan does.

[chasd00]

when i'm doing large presentations to prospective clients my company gives me what they call a "look book". This is a deck with information about every person in the audience all the way down to personality traits, triggering words/phrases, and negotiating style. I think it's pretty normal.

[LastTrain]

Are the potential clients aware that you have this? Are you willing to say who you are or who your company is or would that be embarrassing? I would absolutely not be your client.

[esseph]

Some of you run in dark circles, and this is coming from a guy who got paid to kill people.