If you want a dealer to fully disclosure where does it start and stop? Are you holding dealers to a higher standard than audiophile posters? What about posters making claims and recommendations about a piece of equipment they have never had, used or heard. Do we make them disclose that information too? What about “ professional” reviews in publications do they disclose that the manufacture runs adds on their platform? This is the internet and you need to take EVERYTHING you read with a grain of salt. This is and should be a small part of your overall research process. To call someone out you better be ready for the boomerang to come back at ya!
About users with hidden agendas
If you know that a user is a dealer and they fail to disclose and attacks other users because they make a point against their interest, do you expose the user?
I know of a gentleman here that continuously posts and goes after people and does not disclose who he is.
What are the ethics of this forum?