Please disclose your commercial affiliation

I like the flag idea. Although my moniker indicates a business, it doesn't tell what lines. A flag with a link is a terrific idea as it would illuminate all sorts of users, not just dealers.

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.