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For the second time now, we have had product solicitations. Do these add anything besides unnecessary clutter and slight irritation value to the forum?

Wethinks not. The forum is a place for discussion, not a free-for-all billboard. Whereas I have no problem discussing certain products, services and/or individuals, I think the discussions themselves should be prompted by external events or reports, not the self-interested whims of a dive-bombing salesperson.

'Luthon64

If there is anything new to be learned from these “natural” remedies, I’m keen to hear about it. And if the new poster is a sales person for the company in question, he is presumably also an expert. There is a 1% chance (OK I made that statistic up) that he wants to engage in discussion about his products. My hope is just that queries sparked by his post will be answered. Why not give the benefit of the doubt for a while? :-\

Mintaka

This is clearly spam, and I don’t like it. Please report these kind of messages via the link at the bottom of each post.
I’m deleting the topics and if it continues, the member will be banned.

I would have given the member the benefit of the doubt if there was even some effort to spark debate. But two different topics with clear promotional intent as first posts, lost him/her that privilege. Of course jansri34 can always post again if he/she really is interested in debating drugs or ‘natural vitamins’…