Fredicus,
What i'm doing with my site on deleting links that change there galleries, is nothing new to most submitters. I'm not sure, but i think at thehun if you change a gallery, you have to let him know first..cause if not you get deleted automatically. I'm not doing anything new.
Sure we all make mistakes...i have as well. I got my galleries deleted a few times in the past cause of this..when all i changed was a sponser. So i understand the frustration being an honest webmaster.
But i also understand the bigger frustration on dealing with a cheating submitter. All tgps list the same rule...."don't change your gallery after you submitted." It's the number one biggest rule and it's that simple.
Plus, the way i'm running my script, it's actually pretty friendly. So say you get deleted cause you made a minor change but you told me AFTER the fact. I can re-link you with just a click of a button since all the info is stored in mysql. It's not like you have to go submit again and then wait your turn to get listed. Hehe, if you had to go submit again and then wait another few days to get listed, now THAT would be cruel.
I'm also trying to solve the problem that I faced a while back. My gallery got listed on a big tgp and i was checking out my link on their page to see what spot i got. Well, i looked at the link above mine to see who the competition was, and it turned out that the link was a cheater...sending hits to major pop up hell, etc. And on top of that, the tgp didn't delete that link for like 2 days!!!
So you tell me, how much money did i lose? How many of those surfers got caught up in that pop up hell, and never even reached my gallery link? I know most submitters don't follow there links that closely....i just happen to catch it.
So it benefits the submitters as well. You never have to worry about a cheating link taking away traffic from your gallary...as it did to mine.
Personally, i prefer it this way than having to deal with submitters filling out some form to get a password. Takes to much time...and you have to wait. Plus, i never have to worry about my galleries.
To be honest, I really don't understand the reason behind a password submission form. Maybe someone can explain? Cause if someone gets password...it can't stop someone from cheating...or can it? Cause they can still make changes to there galleries. How does this work and how is helping with cheaters?
[This message has been edited by Crutch (edited 05-07-2001).]