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Manufacturers pushing their products and agenda in the forums.

In the deep, dark, past manufacturers participated in the Audiogon forums with a general sense of decorum and a sensitivity to other products that they did not manufacture themselves and which were, from a design standpoint, philosophically opposed to their views. 

What has happened? Manufacturers now post into the forums dogmatically espousing their myopic view of the hobby, shamelessly pimping their own products and view of the audio world and, even more disturbingly, running down opposing brands. 

IMHO, it may be time to throw the baby out with the bath water and ban manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers. If they can’t get their act together they should take it on the road.
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clearthink
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viridian "Manufacturers now post into the forums dogmatically espousing their myopic view of the hobby, shamelessly pimping their own products and view of the audio world and, even more disturbingly, running down opposing brands.IMHO, it may be time to throw the baby out with the bath water and ban manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers."

I love Americans which I am sure you are you tout, defend, and embrace "Free Speech" unless it contains thoughts, ideas, or concepts with which you disagree, criticize, or object and then you seek to silence, isolate, or ban such contributors to suit your own agenda, goal, or desires.  It is not for you to limit, restrict or prevent other users, contributors, and posters from stating, expressing, or advocating their views, beliefs, and theories.

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geoffkait
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What oft happens, in fact, is that disagreement is either interpreted as OR incorrectly characterized as abuse. I.e., It’s a tactic. Sometimes referred to as brown-nosing. 🤗Without freedom of speech, there can be no democracy. This country was founded on differences of opinion. Besides don’t differences of opinion make for a more interesting and robust forum? I’m not referring to name calling, not at all. Look at what happened to some other audio forums, I won’t mention any names, that fell into disrepair and even ...oblivion 💀 once there’s was no action.
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teo_audio
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I find that audio is probably the most petty and brutal forum type on the net. In the top 5 or maybe the top three.

Almost as if notable percentages of the the adherents don’t know how to participate if they can’t express wanton negativity.

The illustration of that, in clarity and in repetition so you know it is tru(er), is that... when a political thread appears in the off topic section... they are far more civilized and calm than the audio discussions.
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