Originally Posted by Jel

So be professional in your reply and take the opportunity to talk to the guy instead of shout at him, and enlighten him. The end result is a win-win, where he not only tells Angie (and whoever else) *why* she needs to cut good affiliates some slack, which results in affiliates not being too worried about being shitcanned that they don't promote his site, and him getting/keeping that traffic, instead of a lose-lose where it degenerates into 'us' vs. 'them', links galore pulled, and possible multiple good working relationships never coming to fruition.