AVS closes HDM forums because of BS

[darinp2]

Originally Posted by aristotles

I've got to love their "we are neutral" bullcrap.

Do you think that someone slapped them with a lawsuit?

No. I think one or more in charge have been frustrated for a while with what has gone on there, but it is not as simple a problem as some people seem to think to try to be neutral. Some rules were put in place to avoid bashing by insiders, but some people are very slick and have a lot of energy to deceive others, and it isn't just insiders. I can tell you that the accusations from here about people at the top of AVS being for HD DVD and against Blu-ray are just as much BS as what certain HD DVD fans post. Some particular mods may have personal preferences like that, but the accusations against those at the top are just plain wrong.

I haven't really posted over there much in the last 2-3 weeks after being one of the more prolific posters (and I know I do quite a few long posts). I logged in last week just to guess for the Nielsen numbers and was going to log in tomorrow to guess for this week (I just PMed 67:33 as my guess instead). I also haven't read much there, but figured there were probably some continuing to try to deceive people with tricks like using worldwide for hardware and US or NA for software (so they can push that 10:1 hardware advantage, but only 2:1 software BS), and they may have thought of some new tricks to deceive with since then. I was sure long ago that Amir had worn a lot of people down with his persistence at misleading people, but I don't know if he has been posting less since his job change or if he is posting just as much (and whether they still let him play the insider) or more.

Anyway, I would ask the people here to think about one thing. Imagine you had a forum where there are people on both sides trying to deceive and you are trying to stay neutral, which is definitely going to upset extremists on both sides. What would you do if the site was supposed to be neutral (not like a blu-ray.com, which has the way it is supposed to lean in the name)? And please don't tell me something like that you would favor the "better" format, where "better" would be how you define it. I have my preference as things stand (Blu-ray), but I also understand that there are reasons that others choose HD DVD and running a site that is supposed to be neutral with all the people with little integrity or intelligence trying to deceive (from both sides), would be a very difficult thing to do.

--Darin