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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
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grimsbylad
34 posts
 
Hodu,
Where can I get a Model 23 frunabulator and what ic's do you recommend??
Full disclosure should be mandatory
rloggie
102 posts
 
Tvad...

When I changed my account here to a commercial user Audiogon changed my name in the ads to my business name, "Loggie Audio". I thought they would have changed my posting name as well but see now that they did not. I'll ask about it tomorrow. Thanks for pointing it out.
kirkus
502 posts
 
The heart of the matter is . . . how does one deal with conflicts of interest?

While I do have a pretty significant financial ties to the AV industry, I wish to participate on Audiogon as an individual, NOT as a representative of a company. Which in my book means that I simply do not comment, in any way, on products or services that would affect my financial interests. One of the reasons I like Audiogon is that there's not much overlap, so it's pretty easy.

In the end . . . a forum is simply a place for people to exchange comments - you must ALWAYS carefully consider the source. An Audiogon equivalent of "all insider-stock-traders must register with the SEC" of course won't make any difference . . .
barrelchief
294 posts
 
Where is the the A'gon Police Chief "Audiofeil," when you need him most? This is right up his alley!

Oh yeah, I agree on disclosing too.
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