the reasoning is very simple:
if A says that B is excellent then B is not likely to complain and there is no law about flattery
if A says that B is bad then there is a law to deal with these things.
Also, keep in mind that whenever we see a post that is full of praise for some company we need to think carefully about the extend to which the praise is simply a hidden form of advertising.
At the same time (and I am not implying that these is the case with the most recent dubious estate agent thread) when someone says that someone else is very bad then we must also think about whether that is a form of hidden competition-bashing.
And that in a nutshell is the challenge of running a public forum. Whatever you say here, gets save and Uncle Google comes along (along with uncle Microsoft and aunty Yahoo!) and scoops it up and saves it as well - so we need to be a bit more careful.
Hope this make sense. There is still plenty of scope for discussion - just keep the exchange of names in private messages and e-mails.
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