Not in that society but guess from your perspective from Technical Kindergarten it might appear so 
I think you are a worthy candidate for membership. 
Look, it's a reality unfortunately. We have this tightly knit group of very knowledgeable people, who can be very helpful indeed, but also have a tendency to fiercely defend "their" brand. Voicing a balanced opinion which acknowledges the strength of the products, but also points out some weaknesses (which may be more relevant to some, less to others) can be very difficult indeed in face of that group. It's "If you are not with us, you are against us"...
And the fact that those people profusely thank each other for every post that restates their pro-Siglent opinions does get under my skin at times.
Hehe,
so here is the frustration.. Kudos for saying that. It needs a grown up man to say it openly. Good start.
But what makes you so sure that what you consider "balanced opinion" is really balanced? There must be some self reflection involved in that process. Which you are capable of, looking into statement above.
One thing that I repeated many times is that I try to strike REALISTIC opinions.
On several occasions I advised that some efforts from users to go into some details should be abandoned because they are waste of time. And explained why.
Which was immediately attacked as censorship, "fanboy defense" etc...
While that was done for their benefit.
I just wanted people not waste their time on something that is realistically not going to happen.
No, car manufacturer won't put all the fancy equipment and sports leather seat in their cheapest car.
Especially after you bought a product.
You simply have to pay more and get more upscale model if you want major upgrades.
Yes they might refresh multimedia system with new software, enhance algorithm how car shifts gears making it smoother and spend 3% less fuel. They might even enhance program in ECU to get few HP more on engine. Stuff like that. But don't expect them to rip the engine out and interior and all equipment and replace them with ones from upscale model on you next oil change and for free...
I'm talking about wild fantasies of our ecstatic friend here that wants literally everything changed on scope to suit what he thinks is right. Without properly learning to use the damn thing in a first place. He literally is not qualified to make judgements what is right or wrong with the instrument he doesn't know how to use. I'm talking basic knowledge here, like Nyquist. OR what is the Time Base. Or endless talk about all kinds of stupid little details.
Bugs are bugs and should be fixed. I personally reported more bugs over the years than all you critics combined. To Siglent but also to Keysight, Rigol, Picoscope etc....
But some are just using this as a personal "look at me!!" show. They are not doing it to fix anything but to attract attention. Otherwise they would open a ticket with Siglent. Remember those? The uncool, not egotistic, non public, non "look at me!!" way of actually reporting bugs to manufacturer to ask for a fix. These should be first line of defence. And only when you get rudely ignored or denied your rights you go public. Why Keysight, R&S or any other manufacturer deserves that, except Siglent? Is that from the lack of respect? General rudeness? Which is my reason for calling certain person rude and abrasive.
See , THAT is my trigger... Because it is
not what you claim that reveals
who you are and what your intentions are , but
what you do is real truth...
And there comes you, with obvious soft spot for "the underdog" (yes I can easily spot one, I am also like that), and then decide that obnoxious, rude and abrasive egotistical maniac that screams for attention is that one that is "gang attacked" and needs protection..
It is quite the opposite direction. He is the one that is abusing us all here. Did you really "eat up" his fake apology?
Look at his behaviour since that apology. He is equally rude and abrasive as before, he still creates millions of unnecessary topics and posts. He is still uncapable of creating normal bug report, but starts always with "This unbelievable bug will frustrate you to no end" post and separate topic for that single thing, that ends up being most of the time him not RTFM. And sometimes after you, me and two others argue with him (repeating same old like 100 times before) how we don't even understand what is he talking about, eventually we manage to squeeze some info that actually points to a real problem.
But his SNR is right now literally 25-30dB.. And in meantime he offends me, and you and few other people.
Yes all of that is because I'm Siglent shill. Not.