Woah, now. I'm not complaining about the presence of ads.
I'm trying to say that when a scientific journal has advertising, the reader/end user must be careful with their reports, searching for advertiser bias.
My fear in why the "bad" reports of pumps are deemed "bad" on the forum is simply due to the hopeful desire that pump companies will see this as an open place to advertise.
I think that'd be great for the pump companies to advertise -- as I said, CWD makes $50K+ per month with their front page ads alone.
But if saying something "bad" about pump companies is due to the desire to support advertising, then that would be deemed as a conflict of interest. Essentially, "false advertising" -- making every pump company look like it's nothing but great service, no bad experiences.
Camjen, have you actually looked into the costs of running a web server/forum? Check out the prices for 1&1 for starters. -- I'm really curious what it costs, too!
Now don't put words in my mouth for attacking the advertising -- in fact, I only mentioned a couple of examples of the Google advertisements on the site. It was you who thought I didn't agree with the ads, not me.
I am only attacking the thought that the desire to avoid "bad talk" about pumps us coming from the desire to have sponsors for those same products. Does that make better sense? Sometimes it's hard for me to describe what I'm thinking.
My fear is a newbie will come on here and think the advertising is something that we as a forum "support". Do you support Diabeticine? Do you support that company that will claim to give you a "free glucose meter" for providing your insurance information, only to find out it was for some other purpose?
I'd love to see advertising from reputable companies, such as the pump companies -- but if the pump companies are going to require that we talk "nice" about them all, then once again, little good comes out of it.
In addition--if pump company "bad mouthing" is to be removed, shouldn't "continuous glucose sensor bad mouthing" be removed, as well? Where does the slippery-slope end?
Web sites like Planet Feedback allow people to post their experiences with a company. Where can people discuss their experiences with pump companies, openly and honestly?
Does that make sense, or am I obfusicating this even more?
