I must say in all the time that I've participated in these forums, I have found that the posts of certain users (and you all know who I'm talking about) are seldom of any value and almost always provactive and divisive in nature and probably intent. What oftentimes start as interesting posts turns ugly and then the original topic is often lost. The posts of this user is so pervasive that it is almost impossible for one to do any kind of reading or reasearch and not come across all these quips and useless brand war provocations. In the past, I mentally ignored these worthless posts but frankly, I'm getting tired and fed up with them.
CCSIAL, thanks for the tip on the ignore feature. I often wondered how users sometimes post around certain users like their post did not exist. I now know the value of this feature and I have just inserted the first irrelevant user into that list. Hopefully, these forums are now more enjoyable.
BTW, IGNORE does not mean IGNORANT, it means IRRELEVANT.