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You don't say ???
In fairness though it's quite rare to find any 'Reviewer' who is given stuff for free or effectively contributing to their wages to give a completely fair opinion. We were approached by one of the multitude of Youtube reviewers - who's channel makes him appear as a guy in his room trying out his new toys - promising us an amazing review in return for free gear. I checked his channel and he gets a fair few views and a lot of people appear to have taken his advice.
I like Brett Kingman a lot, even with him though I know that he is never going to give a less than sparkling review to any Catalinbread product. That much is clear when he tells you about the bits they sent him.
The only summary bannings will be for genuine spambots and street teamers. Self promoters will, I imagine, either sink naturally (if their stuff is rubbish but they don't come back) or be mocked mercillessly (if their stuff is rubbish and they do come back). If what they're offering is any good then why put them off?
People will be gently encouraged to contribute to the forum as a whole though, as all the business types here currently do.
If a "business only" section is going to be useful to the potential users then I've no objection to it - hopefully that'll encourage them to play and offer expertise elsewhere on the site.
It's just that any 'review' should be taken with at least a small dose scepticism. .
We've all seen folks who have shelled out huge amount on something, tell you it's the mutts nuts, then flip it a few months later.
Chappers can hide how something sounds if it's not orientated towards blues-based rock twiddling!!;) Plus you can easily get distracted from the product by Lee's erection.
Issues of taste sit with the buyer....