Date:   7/8/2006 5:02:05 PM ( 18 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=90478

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Something that absolutly needs to occur...

We have many ask forums now that are front end store fronts, meaning that the "expert" is here at curezone with the hope to drive people to their sites/products for sale of product. This can be very misleading to curezone users in that they may not realize that they are getting biased advice based on an agenda of making money.

Curezone started out with pure intentions of helping/sharing with people away from monetary motivations. I think that now that it has become so seeded with sales people all receiving their own forums to drive products, that these forums should be seperated in their own area, with a heading "Commercial Forums". This would at least give the reader a hint as to what the bottom line purpose of these forums are about. To remain otherwise is misleading and changes the face of curezone in a very significant way.

I see that there is even sponsorship of curezone by at least one of these forum owners. This certainly suggests that pure, unnatached info sharing is a thing of the past here unless members are given an upfront labeling of the difference of these kinds of forums and a relegation to a special section so that people know they have walked into a store, no matter how subtle the sales technique.


~Lapis~

 

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