Yes - it’s because people would respond to the sale advert saying they are ugly and might break the camera and the board would fill up with all those comments and become unusable
I’ve been here about 8 years longer than you. Yes I do know about mr hall but I also know that free expression of subjective personal opinion is a thing still . I’m not selling a rickenbacker or a copy of one, or discussing it. which was the root of his objection