I have no problem w/ Tom contributing to this board or any other. In fact, any vendor that has something good to contribute is OK also, but w/ one caveat. We need to know who the vendors are!!! It is not clear except from the signature line (if someone elects to includes it) the disclaimer that the poster is in fact a vendor and not a medical provider (MD, DO, PNP, PA, etc).
I personally think that if someone is a vendor, they should register as such, and these individuals should have some sort of identifier by their name (perhaps under their Avatar) given by the administrators when they register and are accepted, that says they are a vendor, This would let us all know that there may be a disclaimer that what is being contributed may be influenced by their position. This is much like a lobbyist being registered in our government.
The trouble with the board now is that when someone enters this board, under the guise of anonymity or as a "provider" and attempts to mislead w/ anecdotal evidence about a particular issue that attempts to sway the opinion about something for which they may have financial gain.
Last edited by supermang; 04/08/2009 6:56 PM.
