I enjoyed the debate too. The only thing I did see and thought was totally unfair was @MarkK being accused of punting or marketing when he offered someone a go on his device and then went on about the sx chip. It wasn't exactly fair at all and it would seem that things degenerated from that point. I am not really interested in continuing the negative vibe at all, just looking objectively at the thread I do not see the connection between his opinion and marketing his own goods etc and I know that I wouldve been very upset about the implication and what it would say about my integrity.
Accusations like that on a networking platform arent to be taken lightly, and conflict of interest is very tricky. We are all using a forum that is owned by a retailer at that (unless things changed since I first got here), so should I not trust any posts by forum staff whose to say they arent punting or manipulating opinion (influencing opinion is much harder to track and much more powerful). Further, one of the reasons I freaked (quietly but it happened) when I read that PMs may be getting read is cause that would in essence give the controller of the forum all the information they need to completely dominate the market. They would be able to know what stock everyone is getting, what stock everyone wants, what pricing people are paying etc etc etc and of course adjust their business plan accordingly. Yes a conspiracy theory type situation, but forums are just that powerful in emerging markets, the most viewed thread on ours is the vapes fiasco for example. So yes I open a potential can of worms but not really, ultimately I would just like to trust in the integrity of the people I interact with here and having fingers of blame pointed so casually is not necessary or conducive to building a community of trust.
I personally would like to thank MarkK and the other contributors for attempting to put across a balanced view. Im sure if you reread everything you can see where the peoples interpretation of posts etc went astray. I like the fact that we can be open about this stuff on the forum, although typing this I feel nervous that I may stomp on toes. I feel like I had to say something, for lots of people integrity is most of everything they have, and I would like to consider myself one of those people. I hope this doesnt anger anyone out there but its just food for thought I guess. This forum is a great place and I for one want to see it grow and maintain that vibe liz described. Yes its a long maybe inappropriate post. I would have started a dealing with conflict of interest thread but figured that would be viewed as hectically stirring the pot, heres hoping this post wont be viewed as that. Keep calm and vape on
Hi @Danny
Thanks for your post and for analysing it so carefully. You have such a great way of analysing things like this and I think you are gifted at getting your point across. Your points you made are very valid and they add a lot of value in my opinion.
A bit off topic - but a constructive criticism nonetheless - could you make more use of line breaks and paragraph breaks. Will make it so much easier to read your wisdom-filled posts
