Originally Posted by Brujah

Blah blah blah.. the board persona / money argument is old and tired. If you think affiliates are losing by not sending traffic to sponsors who want to be assholes, think again. There's just way too many sponsors that convert as good or better.

If an affiliate doesn't want to promote Epic because of pimpdog or jimthefiend or ransomeware, you're the stupid one if you think they can't convert their traffic anywhere else. They don't need to worry about whether it's an emotional decision. They just click to the next sponsor and send it all to that one instead.

Originally Posted by woj

good point, but if all other things were equal would you send to a program whose owner is a cocky asshole on the boards, or to a program who seems like a good guy?