Industry Participants

For me personally on other forums where they have the designation attached to their moniker i either think i will pay attention to what they are saying because of the knowledge they have in a particular field . On the opposite side if all they are doing is promoting a brand  i lose interest in reading what they habitually post. Would be nice to know that here as i spend most of my time watching on Audiogon forums.

Yes, it might be convenient even for dealer or manufacturer itself because no disclosure should be necessary. I believe that new audiogon development team takes advises and implements them in most of cases.
That's the best I can offer. Under all users information we may see the number of posts and as well we may also see the affiliation...

Audiogon policy appears to be to let vendors go unidentified.    I guess that's what's best for business. 

I was kinda thinking they would want to post here . Let us know who they are . Must not be good business . Mapmans post the other day about Geoffkaitt being in the audio business was a shock to me . I had no idea . Wondering who else posts here that i am unaware of ?

I don't blame vendors.  They are just using the system to their advantage.  Just like Donald Trump openly admits to doing.