Please disclose your commercial affiliation


I am not going to mention names or products, but I think most Audiogoneers have read a number of product reviews or threads and have wondered if the writer is one way or the other commercially associated with that product.

I number of folks do sometimes do push a product so hard or vehemently defend any negative comments about a particular product in way that actually revels their affiliation.

Insiders, you know who you are.

Would you agree that if you are associated with a product, it is fair to the community to disclose your affiliation
ajackson1
I agree completely that all affiliations should be disclosed. Always. Just because you've mentioned once that you work for Company X, someone reading a post a month or a year later might not know that and think that you are offering legitimate advice when you are actually just shilling for your own thing. If you read these forums a lot -- as I sometimes do do -- you learn that certain folks manage to move any discussion of anything toward their own product. The original post could be a question about favored brands of coffee, and an answer will recommend Company X's Model 23 frunabulator. Most of us just shake our heads -- "There you go again" -- and move on. But it would be best if it simply weren't happening. I have no problem with an enthusiastic dealer or distributer weighing in with some information -- it might prove invaluable -- as long as he says how he happens to have come by his knowledge. Most of you folks are great. The rest of you know who you are -- as do lots of us who read your postings.
My commercial affliation went south around 92,It was great while it lasted.Now I am a humble mission man wandering this oasis and taking notes for the next coming.Dont ask of what ,cheers,usblues.
I completely and vehemently disagree. I find this site quite entertaining, and part of that entertainment is guessing at who is who and what is what. It's all opinions anyway, I really don't care if the manufacturers, distributors and retailers are pimping their goods. How quickly we forget the DK Designs saga where this site became a marketing arm of a company. No doubt, we all learned from that one, as did the owners of this site. But no, we all toil in anonimity; leave it that way. BTW, I am simply a hobbyist, not a manufacturer, not a distributor, not a retailer, and certainly not an audiophile.
03-08-09: Rloggie
Although my moniker indicates a business, it doesn't tell what lines.
Rloggie (System | Threads | Answers)

How does your moniker, "Rloggie" indicate a business?
Hodu,
Where can I get a Model 23 frunabulator and what ic's do you recommend??
Full disclosure should be mandatory