Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed

Ok, I've stayed out of this post for a while deliberately to absorb many other people's opinions. I admit that I did react emotionally, and for that I apologize to Rick, Aly, and thebestporn.com crew.

I accept the fact that other sites are seen as "better". I like many of them better than my own too. Their achievements are inspirational to me; ATK, Karups, Twistys, Homegrown, and many others. I'm not complaining about their scores or their reviews.

Anyone who knows me also knows I take great pride in my work, often to the point of obsession. I feel that our sites are better today than they have ever been. We've focused for nearly a year on improving the quantity and quality of our content offerings, and adding features and services that we believe our surfers want and deserve. Many of the ideas we've implemented were suggestions from TBP.

That is why I get so frustrated, after "waiting 6 months to be re-reviewed" to see little or no change, or even worse, a reduction in score. I feel like I'm chasing a the proverbial carrot here!

So I flew off the handle, posted in haste, and attacked a company for no good reason. I regret that. Its not my style. I don't hate review sites in general, nor TBP in particular.

I think the many posts and opinions expressed in this thread do serve to prove the point that the review process is imperfect, and I hope that we can all work together to find common ground and a win/win.

Steve Lightspeed