Rob, I wouldn't put too thought into it. I think they are largely (not solely) due to the third option you listed, with the addition that some may simply be curious from a purely academic position with no intent on buying. Granted, I have seen a number of users who were obviously trying to validate their opinions on a brand, good or bad.
In any case, I'm am not one of those people eager to see brand X or Y on the chart; I'm just stating what I've seen to be some people's reasoning. There was a discussion of the chart on another forum, I forget where, and I saw this come up an number of times. And yes, a lot of the questions one might have could be answered by simply taking some time to do research on one's own time.
And I'm sure you already know this, but a LOT of people aren't the type that are going to take the effort to research something extensively. They just want to be told what to buy or an easy means of coming up with that decision themselves. I encounter this frequently in the world of firearms, and even more frequently in the world of computing technology.
Also, some comments, questions, and complaints have their origin deep within the Peanut Gallery, and should just be ignored.
Last edited by opmike; 03-05-11 at 13:10.
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