Moderation/Censorship Poll and surely more...

I'd like to raise another form of interference that sits poorly, at least with me.

Audiogon prohibits sharing personal contact info.  I find this pretty intrusive: the only possible reason i can think of is to avoid them losing commissions on sales.  Yet most discussion here is non commercial.

It can lead to the absurd as well:  I recently received a PM asking for a schematic or help on making a LPS.  I replied, and along the way added "and you can buy generic circuit boards on <<that auction site>> that are easily modified and make the task easier".  Mistake.  It was blocked and is awaiting moderation. Really?

thyname.

+1

ozzy

itsjust me,

Very good point. I get lots of messages from audiogon members and many times return messages are blocked.

I do think it is because audiogon does not want direct communication with members for fear it would hurt sales.

But their best approach would be to lower the advertising costs for individuals not raise them! It would increase sales! Afterall how much effort is it to post an ad? There are other sites that charge nothing for individuals to list an item. I’m not saying audiogon should not make a profit, but they really should make it easier for individuals to communicate. Perhaps charge more for commerce paid advertising.

ozzy

@itsjustme - perhaps most discussion here is non-commercial because Audiogon prohibits sharing personal contact info?