I don't think it's "perfectly reasonable".
If you're operating under an NDA (formal or not), you are simply proving you are willing to violate it -- violate your word on keeping someone's secret. I find that ethically questionable and morally repugnant. If you're not operating under an NDA, then you're toying with folks for your own amusement. Which, okay, trolling for attention is a time-honored tradition on the 'net, but that doesn't make it less annoying.
If you have something to share, share it. If you don't have something to share, then knock it off. What you're doing right now is baiting, and truth be told, I find it irritating enough that whatever your news is, is likely to be poisoned by the fact that you felt it necessary to share it in this fashion.
Nobody is going to hold it against you if you know something you're not supposed to talk about. But playing the child and saying "I have a seeeeecrrreeett! But I'm not gonna tell youuuu!" is something most of us outgrew, with good reason.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
If you're operating under an NDA (formal or not), you are simply proving you are willing to violate it -- violate your word on keeping someone's secret. I find that ethically questionable and morally repugnant. If you're not operating under an NDA, then you're toying with folks for your own amusement. Which, okay, trolling for attention is a time-honored tradition on the 'net, but that doesn't make it less annoying.
If you have something to share, share it. If you don't have something to share, then knock it off. What you're doing right now is baiting, and truth be told, I find it irritating enough that whatever your news is, is likely to be poisoned by the fact that you felt it necessary to share it in this fashion.
Nobody is going to hold it against you if you know something you're not supposed to talk about. But playing the child and saying "I have a seeeeecrrreeett! But I'm not gonna tell youuuu!" is something most of us outgrew, with good reason.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs