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Originally posted by Chop Smith
Perhaps 'endangered' was a bit strong. Sure there will always be submitters, but most will probably be 'preferred'. In my opinion the dishonest submitters continue to push link lists and TGPs toward partner accounts.
How does submitters a source of income for link list and TGPs? I agree in principle that they offer a content-variety. However, assume that you own a large link list (PR5+) and going to list say 100 free sites per day. Further, assume that there are 100 new hosted free sites available each day. Also, assume that these 100 hosted free sites follow your rules and contain fresh content. Are you going to list, the hosted free sites where you receive all of the revenue share for sign ups or are you going to list the submitters' sites where your receive no income for sign ups?
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I fucking hate disagreeing with you Chop, because I know you're as smart as they come.
You asked me a question, so I'll answer. I agree with what you say in "theory". However, your hypothesis relies on the quality of freehosted sites / galleries being equal to that of prefered submissions. If this were indeed true, I would entirely agree. However, freehosted galleries / sites suffer from being over-used.
Surfer submissions provide the variety that enable tgps / link lists to differentiate themselves. Showing new and exciting content will generate far more revenue, I believe, than populating your sites with stale, over-used content that your competition is also using.