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Originally posted by Daen
Why do you need to have your recip linked from every n'th thumb? Keep the existing recip paradigm, three recips at the top. This stops blind linking the surfer and makes him think he is in control.
A problem to be solved would be where does the traffic come from initially? At the moment the role of the TGP is as a hub/portal.
One last thing is who is in charge? At the moment the TGP webmaster (for better or for worse) plays the role of the boss. An autonomous collective is great in theory but would never work in practice.
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However, I do recognize that does represent a problem as people have been taught that why pay when you can submit to a gallery and get it free? Well consider this, once you have your galleries trading, you can use the traffic from each gallery to build up your next site. I mean how did you start your first TGP?
Basically you would not be required to make new galleries every day, only when you want. With a central trade panel, you could update trades to all your galleries in the matter of a minute or two whilst adding a new gallery you made to the mix in order to get it pumping.
Now regarding who would control it? Well no one really. I want to test the water and see as to whether the idea is well received. A recent friend of mine (Repetitive Monkey) has expressed great interest in taking on this idea if it is well received, and the equivalent of findtrades could be set up in a matter of days.
But the main point is whether it is liked. I mean, I know it works, and I know it results in lower conversions, however, unless some people are serious about making a change it won't happen. If people commit it can easily be done.
As for the trades, % of thumbs linking to trades, etc can all become trivial. I mean, thehun does not have any trades, but worldsex does. Other sites don't have blind trades - it is up to you in the end.