Originally Posted by newB

Are you suggesting that they fire employees to maintain payouts to affiliates? Then what? Stop updates because there's nobody to shoot/cut new content, stop replying to email because the affiliate support has been eliminated - basically do all the stuff the dying programs are now doing. How is that working out for them?

I think lowering payouts sucks, but is the lesser of two evils. And yes, I am a TopBucks affiliate.