Why was that original thread locked in the first place?

oh, and 50 back-peddling sponsors

Because they were buying advertising here.

A lot of programs were lying with dogs. It will be interesting to see if any of them get fleas.

One can only hope...

We complain when regulation is forced on us, yet over and over we make it glaringly obvious that we are incapable of regulating ourselves. And every time someone is caught in an indefensible position, it becomes harder to defend ourselves against anything.

The really stupid thing is that over and over people we know are bad for business pop up, supported by this sponsor or that. And NOT ONE of the sponsors in question performs so well that we couldn't replace them all with barely a moment's thought. But do we? Perhaps a few do, but I have the depressing impression that "drama" threads, more often than costing people business, probably bring them more.

One more reason to keep all your sponsor links dynamic and easily changeable.
Funny how the loudmouth "sponosrs" in the other thread(s) about Moviesspass.tv and WebmastersDirect are staying clear of this one.

Do you really expect us to believe that sweet ethical online pornographers would do such a thing?

:1orglaugh

Just checked and PlatinumBucks, TrafficCashGold and SilverCash are 3 that STILL have the exits.

http://www.tv69.com/specialoffers/of...ubprov=lands02

http://www.hardcoremoviestation.com/...ubprov=lands02

The silvercash one pops a link direct to webmasterdirect with a code "sc1" in it.

pretty sure these were the same guys that were behind "Go Hip" browser enhancer back in the day.

it only took the FTC 6 years to catch up with them LOL

Webmaster Direct. I swear they skinned the board for a few days and it got taken down. I know of the GUBA situation but this was different. Maybe they just had banners then, but I know it was a huge ordeal.

I remember RageCash said they were going to drop MoviePass after seeing the evidence in that thread a few months back even though EpicJim et al. were doing cartwheels and waving pom-poms in support of MoviePass' practices.

Speaking of media, he did win the 'quote of the month' prize in that original thread. I remember reading this and laughing so hard i was in tears.

:helpme

I always wonder why so many people do anything or making money. I understand that the more you make with a program, the harder it is not to promote them. But these paysite owners make enough money already. How much can they make with that exit deal with webmaster direct?, so much more then by promoting another (honest) product?

And if not, who fucking cares. They make so much money already. How much money can you spend anyway.... I wish there were more decent people in this industry. I personally like a lot of people in our industry, but businesswise I condone what alot of them do. There is enough money to be made by not fucking over our customers, especially in the long run. And so what if you make a few bucks less....you won't even notice it.

You are correct, they did skin it; which is when Franck called them out (quite justly).

never skined it, never had anything taken down, sorry

Just a top banner advertiser?

The plot thickens apparently... skin? no skin? I don't seem to recall one.

it was a mind control experiment by the gov.

http://www.blacktemplar.net/x-files.jpg

LOL, I don't pay that much attention to what's going on around here any more, which is probably obvious. ;)

Hopefully their top affiliates also get nailed.

They ran a banner campaign here shortly after the big thread on them caused all the hype, but I don't think there was a skin.