slingshot = today's cwb?

Just an observance:

Slingshot is to this message board what CWB was a year or two ago.

I don't mean as in board design, but more like an annoyance of people ramming it down our throats. People are convinced that it is the next best thing to sliced bread, but unfortunately the folks I know that have ridden them think otherwise. I'd like to think there is something more to it than trendiness, but it is hard to believe with the propoganda that we are getting.

Also, one must wonder if half the people that are stuffin' slighshot down everyone's throats ripped on all those that tried to stuff cwb down our throat two years ago.

The big question on my mind, is how does this marketing machine work? Are these people somehow affiliated with Slingshot, in the same way that others on here are boat dealers but pretend not to be?