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Originally Posted by WEG Cory
The difference between this industry and others is the threshhold for entrance. Wizzo is right to some degree, however this industry accomodates those that barely get by, this is the main issue.
The funniest and most ironic part in this all is that many of you fight the powers that could make the entrance more difficult. I think back to processor registration fees for one shining example.
I have often said that adult domains should cost 1k per. It only takes a second to figure out how fast the tables would turn.
You don't open a bar that requires a 100k liquor license on a wimb and steal 2 consumers a month from a large club because you would not profit. But you do copy blogs and tgps because it barely cost you a dime and you can probably get the hosting paid for. ("you" is implied as general and not directed at anyone).
Jim is right about money not buying class. And it should be known that forums in this industry allow those with barely a clue to damage others reputations.
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I was perfectly fine with the visa fee's and what not. Though this is only a small portion of the issues we face. Unfortunatly some of the major theft and other crap comes from companies and people with big pockets. I rarely have much trouble with the part timer webmasters taking our exclusive content and repackaging it then distributing it via another method. If anything the part timer webmasters who do steal content often just use it to promote other peoples stuff and that is easy enough to deal with.
As for the comment about forums and allowing unknowns to damage others reputations. It rarely matters. If I came out right now and said company A was ripping me off or something and I had proof. Somehow it still would get spun and either blamed on someone else like a rouge employee or outsourcer. Otherwise it would be twisted by those that think company A has been around way to long and are "stand up" guys etc. and I would be end up being the one getting flamed. Despite that I do have a fairly good reputation myself. Sad part is money, ipods, new gifts and so on buy peoples reputations.