So this isn't really a thread about commercial posters, but a plea for less thread hijacking? Best of luck, mate...

I don't feel that ANYTHING needs changing, other than asking the reps, dealers and manufacturers to identify themselves. No need to censor them, let everything else remain the way it is.

And there is NO WAY I would like to see less 'fan-boy' postings. If you DON'T feel enthusiastic about your choice of arranger, well, you probably bought the wrong one! An awful lot of 'hijacks' come about because one poster is talking about the strength or weakness of one arranger, and somebody chimes in to point out that strength or weakness is different for their arranger. Useful information, mostly...

This isn't a scientific, technical forum. Amateurs, pros and enthusiast gather here to chat about our toys of choice. Just like a REAL conversation, every now and then a non sequitur pops up. And just like a 'real' conversation, if one person constantly harps on about the same thing, over and over, well, he eventually just gets ignored.

Kind of like my thread about whether anyone 'doubled' here.... It went along quite swimmingly until I posted about how easy a Chord Sequencer makes playing a secondary instrument alongside your arranger. Then everybody went away! I guess they have heard me bemoan the loss of this arranger feature enough!

(Mind you, not one of them posted about how they DID manage to play the double and the arranger at the same time. Guess they just didn't care about it enough.....)

But, all that aside, the informality of this forum is fun (if a little cantankerous at times!), and I wouldn't want to see anyone discouraged from posting what they feel, when they feel (but with civility, PLEASE!). Just let the dealers and reps and demonstrators and manufacturers (the people who have something to gain from what they tell you) have the honesty to identify themselves, preferably with a 'tag' to their name......