Dealers hijacking the discussions


I’m a very long term member and look at the forums most every day. I’m personally extremely irritated by dealers injecting sales pitches into the discussions which has never really been a problem before. Dealers are biased as it’s the nature of business and this is fine but I don’t go to audiogon to see shameless promotion. There’s one guy in particular that needs to go away. The fact that you’ll all know who it is says volumes about the amount of posting this guy/dealer does on audiogon. Does anyone feel as I do. Just curious.
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audiotroy,

Please note that I was referring to commercial shills. I am not in the audio business and I do not have any affiliation with any audio company. I do not have a commercial agenda.
These days, entering into discussion on the forum risks encountering all kinds of people. I mostly stay away these days, because the forum has indeed deteriorated progressively over the years. Letting dealers express their opinions is one thing. Tolerating verbal abuse from dealers and using the forum to promote dealers' products is another.

Audiogon allows verbal abuse by dealers and allows dealers to shill unabashedly. This means that it takes a lot more energy to stick with threads that often deteriorate into a morass of tangled palaver, dispute, and the expression of ideas as an excuse to promote dealer products.

geoffkait is a good example of a dealer whose omnipresence is encouraged by Audiogon -- and who is thereby encouraged to continue to be abusive and to promote his commercial agenda under the guise of alleged expertise because he knows that Audiogon will not step in. The only case I can remember when they did step in was with Audiopheil. But that was years ago. 

Anyway, since I have much better ways to spend my time, better to avoid the forum and allow the deterioration to run its course. Audiogon runs the forum the way they want -- as a business. For them, it is all about money. If allowing dealers to have their way is good for business, then so be it.

I expect this post to be disallowed by Audiogon. They often disallow truthful posts. Freedom of expression is not a priority here.
audiotroy,

I agree. Avoiding their posts and their presence is the best way.
scorpio1951,

Avoid and ignore -- the best ways of dealing with these folks.