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Originally Posted by Stensie4JC
Yes! We need to remember that this product is not even officially in the pre-order stage, WE jumped the gun and discovered the web page was live. Robert had originally said the intended release date was Wednesday the 5th. It's not unreasonable for the moderators to at least wait for a press release!
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This is true and I would agree with letting Robert announce it Officially before posting it on the front page. However, this is NOT what the moderator said. They said that since Robertb posts on the site and that there are no Sony reps posting
OFFICIALLY that they felt it not necessary. To me this shows reverse favoritism. Sony has the same opportunity as Astak to have a rep post here, and I am sure all Sony owners would welcome the direct dialogue.
Below is what was said:
Regarding requests for an announcement of the Astak devices, Astak has previously been featured on the MobileRead frontpage. The MobileRead team has not so far seen the need for any additional announcements, because Robertb has been very active on MobileRead as an official representative of the Astak brand, which is a unique situation. Given his high activity here, we consider that it is superfluous to create an additional thread to duplicate his announcements which are already quite well publicised. MobileRead is an independent site, and we have to be careful to avoid showing favoritism to one company over the others. There are no Sony reps posting officially in Sony's name on MobileRead, that is why we do the reporting ourselves. We must think about a balance in the news here and Astak has already quite a high profile due to Robertb's presence. It's important we not neglect other brands which are not as actively represented here but which are important to our readers.