Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Full disclosure

The new Federal Trade Commission rules on blogger disclosure have finally put me in a very uncomfortable position. So today, the day the regulations become effective, I must finally come clean about my association with the many products and services that I have mentioned in my blog over the years.

I am not proud to admit this, but federal law and decency compels me.

The sad truth is that I got paid squat. Nothing. Not even a free paperclip. I have done all my fine work, written all my intricate and well-reasoned prose, for nothing. Nobody paid me a dime. Not that I wouldn't have been happy to accept a wee token. Free Beer? Yep. Money? Damned right. Even a little pat on the back and a few kind words from some ruthless running dog of capitalism would have been nice.

But nothing.

Thanks, FTC, for making me admit publicly that my work is worthless.

3 comments:

dogimo said...

Thanks for the heads-up!

Sean Scully said...

I sense a Geode post coming on. Maybe even an entry in FAQ2: The Rise of the Drones

dogimo said...

No, no post - I just added a static disclaimer to the sidebar! I didn't really have a good take to work it up into a worthy post, and yours was to clean to try to top. But I do want to be in compliance! So, sidebar it is.

It's right under the "About Me."