On 2/15/2013 10:07 PM, gregz wrote:

> Sure, I've seen instances of reps and stuff addressing things, searching
> for comments on their products. I get companies trying to get me to put
> them on one of my web pages.

Many years ago I used to be a member of a newsgroup for feline health. I
found it because I had a very sick cat, the vet couldn't find what was
wrong with him, and I was desperate. There was a rep from Hill's
Science Diet that constantly plugged their foods for every little
problem. Even if it was good pet food it would have turned me off, but
I already knew it was garbage.