I've been largely absent on TG in recent months, so I'm a bit in the dark on this one. But I'd like to chime in that I have seen "shilling" being done on this site, and it smacked of someone out there trying to get free marketing space... trying to boost sales for someone's business. It just didn't feel honest to me... You know, like buying a fancy suit, wearing it to a photo shoot, and then taking it back for a full refund. That's using someone else's stuff without paying for it.
I think TG is a pretty well-run site. Perfect? No way... we're all human and there are bound to be differences in judgment from one person to the next. But I am posting here in support of Rob's decision to try to limit the "shilling", but still allow discussions of both sponsored and non-sponsored products.