expectations for behavior in this forum

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You are invited and welcome to use this forum to exchange ideas, but please remember that the goal of such exchanges should be to learn from and help each other.

Be respectful of all opinions, especially those that differ from your own. Your best chance to learn something new is to listen to people who think differently than you do.

Be honest about who you are and what motivates you. If you represent the agenda of a company or other organization, that's fine if your posting is relevant to the topic under discussion, but say so; don't pretend to be an independent consumer. We know about viral marketing, people paid to create a buzz about a product while pretending to be users rather than employees; if we think that's what you are doing in this forum, we will delete your postings and your account.

Remember that you are responsible for all the claims you make; by providing this forum, we are in no way endorsing the opinions expressed here.

We reserve the right to remove postings and block posters we find offensive.