Affiliate Forum?

[Terry]

The SnG’ers got their own forum. Isn’t it about time the affiliates got one too?

This place is becoming more and more like r.g.p. every day and I’m finding that I sometimes get so disgusted with it that I just hit the “Mark all read” button rather than wade through the garbage, just like I did before I gave up on r.g.p.

What do you guys think?

[jasonHoldEm]

mmmmmm....absinthe.

J

[Cyndie]

makes the heart grow fonder?

[Terry]

I’m curious. Serious question for those who voted no: Why not?

[N4CER1]

Why do you come to this site if you do not like it.....just stay away I say.................LOL

[Cubswin]

most likely because they are affiliates who do not want to give up their free advertising that is allowed with the current set up.

[lunchmeat]

As an affiliate, I think I would benefit from such a forum because it would allow me to post specifically about my affiliate deals (if I cared to). For this reason, I think poster "cubswin" is wrong in thinking that I get more "free advertising" in the current set up.

The reason I voted no is because I don't think these types of forums have worked for other sites. On www.bet2gamble.com (a very reputable casino site I participate in) for example, some very shady sites (Sports Interaction for example) post info about their affiliate programs in the affiliate forum. It is simply too much work for a forum moderator to check on the legitimacy of each and every program that posts a message/advertisement in the affiliate forum. The result is that a lot of honest people see these posts and end up setting up links for dishonest sites.

It also seems to me that there is a big difference between somebody who spams the forum with a post about their bonus code at Party, and someone who makes legitimate posts and has a signature relating to an affiliate site. Of course I am biased on this particular issue (and if you read my ratemypoo post you may not think my posts are legitimate [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]), nevertheless I think I make a cogent argument.

[Terry]

Thanks lunchmeat. That makes sense. Anybody else?

[Cubswin]

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It also seems to me that there is a big difference between somebody who spams the forum with a post about their bonus code at Party, and someone who makes legitimate posts and has a signature relating to an affiliate site.

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Agree completely. I have no problem with the sigs... i think it clears up the forum a bit.

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I think poster "cubswin" is wrong in thinking that I get more "free advertising" in the current set up.


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I never said you get more free advertising in the current set up... but you will get advertising that is more likely to be read by the casual forum user. If you are not getting free advertising in the current set up why do i know that i should go to you for 75% kickbacks at online casinos?

regards
cubswin

[Thythe]

I agree that this type of forum would get out of control. It would be so full of advertisements and "deals" that it would get ridiculous. The moderators here don't have time to wade through all of that garbage.