This is not relevant to the question I asked. The implication is that people are flocking to Legendary members and just don't see it.
Paul
You use the term Legendary member, which appears to be an indicator of the number of posts. Large threads run by commercial vendors result in those vendors attaining ledgendary member status.
If a vendor didnt benefit from the hasle of maintaing a thread, he or she would be unlikely to do so, and lets not forget, these threads are not hosted only at T2W, but at every single trading forum prepared to put up with this type of nonsense in favour of the traffic they bring. Whilst people may not be "flocking" they are certainly attracted to these types of threads. If these types of threads did not result in site hits, commercial trading forums would not host them, and the sites with a degree of integrity dont host them, and you know that as well as I do.
Just take a look at the star ratings applied to some of these things, can you actually tell me with a stright face a thread such as NEVER LOSE AGAIN is a font of trading knowlege and worth of the accolades it recieves. It might be interesting to determine and publish the profile of the types of members who have voted for these particular types of threads.
Every one of us has grown up in an environment where if we wish to learn something, the accepted norm is to find a tutor, if we want to lear how to drive, or scuba dive, or play golf or play the piano we look for an experienced teacher. Furthermore, these tutors or teachers seek to assure their customers of their quality standards by membership of appropriate trade associations, or by holding formal qualifications etc.
Sales people will cling to any prop or tool that they can find to instill customer confidence, and the ledgendary member status awarded by the zoo is unfortunately such a prop. I'd say it was very relevant
