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Originally Posted by spazlabz
you're right, too much is being made out of your eye for an eye comment. But posting on boards is a double edge sword, if you are not exceptionally careful people can misunderstand the point you are making and base their decisions on those misunderstandings
I went looking because whenever I have a link to a new tube site I wasn't aware of, I surf through it, checking it out for any of our content. Its a habit and I do it all the time. Your certainly didnt send off any red flags or anything
I made this post because
1) what I saw, without having any information on you at all, qualified as content theft to me
2) if it was a mistake it may show you to have your ducks in a row before posting the way you had in the earlier thread
Of course you should be encouraged to post your opinion, but you came across almost as if you were supporting the poster versus the subject of his thread
PB does not need me defending them by any stretch of the imagination but I have had good conversations with people in that company before and they have a solid rep
was what I did unfair? I dont know, but it sucks to defend yourself when you have done nothing wrong
spaz
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It's all good. Trust me, I am a stand up person and could have taken the easy way out and hosted a bunch of stolen content to drive the traffic and then sell it off (some bozo made an offer) but I prefer to remain honest and not commit career suicide so early in the biz. Even as an error it's prolly no more unethical than those that use sponsor's content to skim the click traffic which I do not do either. I am not willing to sell out for a quick buck. I will be successful or fail based on honest efforts even if my "looks like shit" as Killswitch said. The first thing once some revenue comes in is hiring someone to design it better.
I do allow user submissions and I go through them every couple days to check to make sure it does not violate copyrights. I don' hide behind DMCA but for user subs, I place the banners I think will interest other surfers. Now if that content belongs to someone else that was not the uploader, I am quick to remove it the moment I get the email.
In one month, I have managed to get my site up to 102K in Alexa USA. Not bad for remaining ethical and honest especially when doing things the wrong way would maybe have me higher and able to justify selling ad spots.
At least we got it figured out and notice I did not blame it on a rogue designer.
