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Originally Posted by Fishgovno
Firstly not my company.
I do know there will be information available soon.I don't have it yet.
I was just stating that there is a lot of complaining and speculating.There are a lot of forums I belong to and the ones in Canada have a rule that does not allow forum members to make shots at sponsers or non sponsers or even for that matter at other members...
What I have read kinda buggs the crap out of me that the mod team allows such behavior and then inturn the forum expects some donations or help from sponsers why would they do that(I can say that-seeing I am not a sponser or a store owner)I just can't sit back and watch any store/sponser get ripped apart I have had my share of bad deals or bad stores but that is between me and them.
I can go and on about this but there is no point I am done,just putting in my 2 cents.I am sure aquariumplants.com will issue what information they have when they have it.
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Not allowing forum members to voice their opinion about a "new" product is completely rediculous, especially when almost nothing is known about the product. Censorship is not a part of free speech, obviously. If someone raises legitimate questions about something related to their agenda, in our case aquatic plants, then there should be discussion especially when in this case the soil raises more questions than answers.
Sponsorship is simply a means of getting good advertising and promoting your product and at the same time supporting the cause of your potential customers. If you are a sponsor of this forum then I feel that it is your utmost responsibility to answer the questions and concerns that forum members have about your product. If we as forum members were not allowed to talk about the products of the sponsors then there could be several people that end up purchasing a bad product, whereas if there is legitimate discussion it can greatly benefit all members of the forum as well as those "lurking." That is the whole meaning of a forum isn't it, information exchange?
If I was aquariumplants.com then I would be on this forum answering ALL of the questions about my new soil, in order to avoid speculation and concern. It would only make sense. Not having enough information about my new product, combined with a lot of speculation, would make me look as if I was selling a bad product. How many times have we seen where a company is forced to answer the questions of consumers? When have you ever heard that consumers are not allowed to ask questions? The "Nutrional Facts" on the back of every edible item in this country is for the consumers, and not the company.
Information exchange is what free speech is all about and the internet greatly facilitates it.
The forum has leverage over the sponsor here, and not the other way around!
-Ryan