I believe now I see four threads that are fairly popular and subsequently near the top of the "Nootropics & Brain Enhancers" area http://www.imminst.o...s=&act=SF&f=169 that can be seen as inappropriate for the area.
Here are the one's that I think are largely missplaced:
http://www.imminst.o...f=169&t=5226&s=
http://www.imminst.o...f=169&t=5014&s=
http://www.imminst.o...f=169&t=5212&s=
"Another SMI2LE.BIZ horror story" http://www.imminst.o...f=169&t=4594&s=
Notice that they all have something similar, one could name names but that digresses from this attempt to find design flaws and suggest change. The one listed at the bottom predates the others and appears to be where the problem first became recognizable which eventually manifested in the other three threads. That's why I included its title as it is the one that needs to be considered to show up what if any forum design innovations might be made to keep the problem from continuuing to expand or to happen again.
I look in the current single thread entitled "Nootropic Sources Listings" at the top of the area under scrutiny http://www.imminst.o...T&f=169&t=99&s= I see that if one wanted to see what anyone posting there had to relate about any one supplier, it would require a lot of reading and there is no guarantee that the data would be there. Some folks have made some great postings there, valuable stuff that should not be lost and should be encouraged.
"Another SMI2LE.BIZ horror story" is discussion about experiences with a supplier, that is promoted on this site by someone making money from them, which needs to be seen and understood which meant it would not and was not proper to have been placed in that one long thread "Nootropic Sources Listings." The problem with Imminst.org seems to be the limitations placed on the coverage available concerning references to suppliers. Not only did the limitation of such coverage being relegated to one thread lead to such data going into the area on the substances themselves but it also left Imminst.org open to a situation where it might begin to appear the forum was misused for a vested interest. Without a specific and easy place (easier than just one thread at least) to post reviews and discussions on suppliers, people will be more gullible to special interest "click through" recommendations happening in the area about the substances themselves. There may be other reasons why the supplier should or should not be used and the vested interest not all that much of a concern but I am hereby looking for some other way for Imminst.org to avoid the problem, its escalation and reoccurence without using a "blame or fame" perspective as that seems too naive to come up with some lasting solution.
Sure there will always be discussion of suppliers in the area whose title suggests it is about the substances themselves but it appears to me that if there were a total new grouping (subheading?) where each supplier could be given its own thread, where general discussion and reviews of suppliers might also be offered its own expanding subcategory, it would do much to alleviate the current fiasco and avoid it in the future. I'm not familiar with the software from the owner's side of things but it appears to me that something similar to what I'm suggesting would be within its capabilities.
For what it's worth.
Chip