Hello R/C Universe

It seems lately that some of the mfg's and their reps are a little more hesitant to answer some questions on this forum, due to their posts being deleted for being over the "line" as far as the forum rules go. I read other R/C forums on the net and it seems anything go's there and there is allot more information being passed around. Many times the mfg's and the Reps are the ones with the answers.

1. For instance if a mfg has a product that would solve a problem someone is having, he according to the rules could give advice on how to solve it, but if he says he has X product, the post is subject to deletion.

2. If the problem is with a product then that is OK for a mfg to expound on, But that still leaves the issue that someone might not even know that product x exists, and due to the forum rules he / she might never know.

3. I for one do not always have the time to read all the forums, and only sometimes I only read the Jet forum. I missed 2 turbine engine release announcements for a couple of weeks this way. Is their a way for mfg's to at least post something that says that there is a new announcement for the Jet community to look at?

I agree regarding not having the forum turn into a free advertising area for mfg's. But is there a way to let the mfg's relay the information to the users of rcuniverse?

I do understand that RCuniverse is a for profit entity but if the users begin to feel that there is too much Censorship on the forum, they may begin to look elsewhere for information they cannot get here; and that would be a shame, since RCuniverse seems to have such a great following of modeler's.