The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines for bloggers took effect this week, but yet we still don’t have answers as to how we’re supposed to disclose any thing.

Enter the twisted humor of bloggers.

As we reported on the 1st, the new FTC guidelines still aren’t completely clear, but yet we are supposed to disclose any relationship we have to a company we write about.  Luckily bloggers are known to be a snarky lot, so some of them have started coming up with their own disclosure rules, and as one should expect, they aren’t exactly kind to the FTC.

Louis Gray got the ball rolling with his set of 8 badges bloggers can display on their posts.  While they’re humorous, they actually do fulfill the requirements to the best of anyone’s understanding them since the FTC seems to have no interest in clearing up things for anyone.

Secondly I added another batch of badges which are pretty specific, but boy did they have me laughing.  Enjoy, and make sure to save the ones you want.

Feeling Guilty from Cover to Cover? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)	Are Your Stomach and Conscience Both Full? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)	Did You Make Out Like a Bandit? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)
Are You On the Take? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)	Sporting Some New Geek Cred? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)	Watching the Market A Bit More? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)
Are You Shacking Up With a Source? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)	Did You Do Time for A Crime? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px)

SiliconANGLE’s Contribution to the Meme

My good friend Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins, with whom I work with over at SiliconANGLE, came up with a few more that are pretty darn specific, but still darn amusing.

Journalistic Integrity Most sponsored tweets for people who have less than 10,000 followers are under $5.00. Is it going to affect my judgment? No. Will it buy a happy meal for the kid? Yes.
Half-assed Endorsement There are about ten companies who pay me residual affiliate checks of less than $30 a month because I recommended them once years ago. Again, this doesn’t affect my judgment on the company, but it does help pay the cable bill.
Social Media Expert Guru Evangelist Whatever In general, bloggers make a lot of money being hired as advisors or consultants for companies that are in industries they know stuff about. This does not equal hanky panky.
The Robert Scoble Disclosure Sorry Robert, but under the new FTC regs, every time you cry you’ll hafta display this badge.