Shill. noun (plural shills) pretended customer or gambler: somebody who pretends to be an interested customer or gambler in order to lure others into buying or gambling.
Topolo, your comments are truly out of line. Normally, you pride yourself on critical thinking, and fact digging. Here you have seemingly latched on to an obvious an well known fact, and decided to attempt to belittle or discredit someone.
You think Jodi gives out bad advice, or misinformation when it comes to Avant Labs products, why not simply call to attention her bias, rather than attack her integrity?
You think you have unmasked outright fraud? Cease the name calling and present the evidence. What have you established? To date, nada. You have name called, and used a ton of exclamation marks.
Are you honestly surprised that Jodi, a respected member of this community who spends tons of her personal time on this board for the sole purpose of helping others, got a little upset when you called her integrity into question, repeatedly?
You act like you have unearthed a government secret. Is it any surprise Jodi has a ???bias???? She is personal friends with every member of Avant, especially me. She is a moderator of the female section of our board. She has, on occasion, received free product. She has a custom signature used in every single post that was made for her by Avant, and it contains the Avant logo. She has tested Avant products pre-market.
Shocker.
By the way, does a bias mean that you should ignore or discount feedback? No, it simply means you should factor that bias in, when evaluating advise. Indeed, anyone who knows Jodi knows that she is above all else, honest. She talk a lot about Avant products because, frankly, she has used them all, understands their mechanisms, and how they should be used, and has experienced positive results with all/most of them.
Jodi has not pretended (a key aspect of the term ???shill???) to be anything that she is not. She has not hidden her affiliation with Avant. Though she is not a company rep, every post she makes displays the Avant logo.
Come back when you have found Bigfoot.