Thanks for the comment, Steve.
dma said:
All of these things are true.. Similarly one of my other friends who ran a user group was barked at by management of two companies for spreading bad opinions on them - since she knew lot of places people would come to her for opinions and once or twice she said what she knew on email. Just stuff to watch out for.
My mama always told me...." that if you can't say something 'nice' about someone, don't say nothin at all......" and this applies within the networking realm. Now a days, you can get sued for "not being truthful" in your comments, but if you have proof that what you told someone is true, then let the company sue, but make sure you have documentation to back you up. No documentation - then about the only thing I would recommend is to say..."I can't comment on that..." and let it go. If pressed for details, look the person in the eyes and slowly repeat that you can't comment. If the questioner has half a brain, your eye contact should register. Better to say nothing than to leave yourself wide open to a lawsuit. What ever you do....never put a comment in an email. Bad-d-d-d-d idea, since email is forever and subject to litigation at any time.