Should we encourage Salesforce employees to call out that fact in their profile?

Question

Somewhat similar in scope as Can we have verified Salesforce employees? though that was asking for community-assignable flair (which Stackexchange doesn't offer at time of writing).

I came across this post on Einstien Activity Capture in one of the review queues, and the tone of writing suggests to me that this is a Salesforce employee.

Even with that context (if they are an employee) I don't think the answer is salvagable, but I think it would be helpful if SFDC employees self-identified as such in their profile.

Is this something we want to encourage?

Answer 1

I have an internal guide for Salesforce employees that does encourage employees to self-identify in either their profile or their posts (or both) when they are speaking from an internal perspective.

It's a really big company, though, and not everyone who runs across SFSE knows about the broader scope of our participation here.

I support kind comments asking folks to identify themselves explicitly where they appear to be participating from an internal perspective.

Answer 2

I don't mind that SF employees fly under the radar on here. I'd prefer not to hinder the free-flow of correct answers from folks who can actually source them from the mothership. I know of a few and appreciate their regular contributions.

I suppose the assumption is that if they're a SF employee, they have the correct answers. We all know that's not always the case, otherwise SFSE wouldn't be as important to the community.