I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt too, which is why my post was phrased as a question with a request for explanation rather than a rant or flame. However, if one starts one's first FT post with a one-sided request with no further explanation at that time, I think my question was called for.

Suppose I'm a computer journalist (I've been one) and my first post in a computer-related discussion group is a request for "people who have had reliability problems with Toshiba* laptops" for a story. What does that suggest, absent any explanation, about my objectives - and my objectivity?

Anyhow, if the answer is that she has lots of positive examples and wants to find out if there are negative ones too, that's enough for me. I'm glad I asked, because otherwise that might not have come out, but now we can get back to our regular programming.

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*Feel free to substitute the vendor name of your choice here, or to replace this example with one related to automobiles, electric drills or any other product or service.