To my way of thinking, if someone extols a product on our message board that he has a professional interest in, he should disclose it. There was a recent post on our board praising a product that, it turns out, the poster reps. ...Not that he said it....
A less than ethical use of our message board.
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 11:00am
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 3:44pm
#1
Poster didn't disclose prof'l stakein product he recommended.
Who, what , etc! If you are going to open a can of worms, open it all the way. . . .s.v.p.
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 5:58pm
#2
The Sommerville gates.
What else B-)
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 8:07pm
#3
Revealed: the person, the product
Go to Feb. 2 post on bike cleaning thread. It is a model of disingenuousness.
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 8:29pm
#4
incorrect email address
note corrrect email address
Wed, 02/23/2005 - 7:57am
#5
Thread started 2/12 ???? (nm)
Wed, 02/23/2005 - 10:26am
#6
A board oddity as to date(s).
"Well, JP is right. It was a thread created 2/12. The oddity is, I used the board's search function, entered the name of the product mentioned, and was taken to the ""offending"" post, which bore the date of Feb. 2! Odd because, as JP points out, the thread didn't begin until ten days later. Clearly just a computer glitch.
The point of my note hadn't been to heap scorn on an individual so much as it was to offer a general statement that one should disclose his financial-professional interest in a product or service when he recommends it. To be sure, I don't mind one making such a recommendation providing he does so. It's a matter of integrity/ credibility.
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Wed, 02/23/2005 - 3:09pm
#7
A board oddity as to date(s).
You hint. . .you lay a trail of bread crumbs - but, still you beg the question. And, now, since you brought it up, you are the only one who can reveal all. . . .save the person who made the post volunteering to come forth and clear the air and the issue!
