I think that regardless of what employees say, if it has the potential to negatively influence the company's business in any way, there's likely to be repercussions. Even if we choose to disassociate our statements from employers, I think the general public will think something along the lines of "Some MS employee said X" = "MS said X".
I think his point is that if we encourage that mentality and don't fight it on twitter etc, soon no accounts will be associated with the employers unofficially, and thus we won't get any of the news that leaks out that way. Our loss.
