If I may. I noticed that criticism can be undirected and impossible to avoid for some of the manufacturers IF they choose to participate. Frankly they may deem it not worth their time to post or answer anything off thier own protected sites. I don't know if a case can be presented in a forum where anyone can post and make judgements whom NEVER used a manufacturer, or have ANY experience. SINCE, this must be informative (ie. their particiaption) there must be well defined ground rules.
They way to guarantee this, and not focus unfairly or in greater proportion to some manufacturers and not others, the people preparing this should identify a non-changing list of questions. These questions should be clearly stated, and they shouldn't be slanted for not answering questions OFF the stated page later on.
I think this will be highly risky and non-productive for manufacturers if there isnt a filter from people making statements without A) Fact. B) Proof of Purchase C) Having sought out the purchasing comany 1st in due dilligence. I am reminded of Maximum PC's page called the "dogpound" (I read it.. not memorize it
) which is a warning about manufacturers. Note that this group also posts retractions, and corrections on topics that have previously been addressed. This encourages the manufacuterers to address and deal in good faith, therefore letting them correct issues and improve customer focus. Old perceptions aren't locked in.
Remember, I already attempted to dig in on an article from [H]. They posted some 'customers' opinion and sent me their statement. I asked for their email to verify. They could not, nor would not do so in any effort to back claims against a company. The offended company had yet to open and stated it didn't have any customers. This unchecked libel, and ability to not back up statements made against a company set a dangerous atmosphere that any company would look to avoid. I basically did what I am asking the administrator to do over this project. Failure to do show will prove that the truth is not what we are interested in, but conjecture, and we have that in the forums.
If there is careful and responsible administration, I am sure that this idea would put Procooling as an even better forum than it is now. I look forward to getting the data from this for my own use. These are my opinions. However, if they are left ignored I suspect the entire idea will be a joke, and not taken seriously. I hope this helps Jaydee's WONDERFUL idea become as sucessful as he desires.