In light of 2257 and using sponsor hosted galleries...

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Allowing people to take a couple of sponsor galleries and toss a front end on it pretty much defeats the purpose. I can write a program to do that in about 10 minutes. Why would I want to hand traffic to people too lazy to even build a whole site?

Sorry, it don't work.

Alex

Defeats the purpose of what exactly?

It's not about being too lazy to build an entire 4 page freesite, it's about choosing not to host images on your server.

You still get recips, and the traffic you would normally get back from the recips.

I was hoping some LL's may rethink the policy towards linking to hosted gals, as I don't see how that hurts the LL owner one bit.

Maybe i'm missing something...

[Useless]

Lowry, I don't think that anything which is proposed as 2257 work-around will ever take flight, especially since it's not the link list owner's concern whether or not someone chooses to be compliant. You're making a very good point, especially since subs are down, but I think we all still rely on the rule that anything submitted must be hosted on the submitter's server. I don't see that changing. Plus, don't we see enough sponsor content as it is? Submissions will increase as more and more submitters get a grasp on the situation.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Lowry, I don't think that anything which is proposed as 2257 work-around will ever take flight, especially since it's not the link list owner's concern whether or not someone chooses to be compliant. You're making a very good point, especially since subs are down, but I think we all still rely on the rule that anything submitted must be hosted on the submitter's server. I don't see that changing. Plus, don't we see enough sponsor content as it is? Submissions will increase as more and more submitters get a grasp on the situation.

Hey UW!

You're right about it not being the LL owners concern if it's submitters are compliant or not. But this would allow those of us who do not wish to host images ourselves, to continue in the freesite biz model. That also is no concern of the LL owners, other than a lot of our friends and such have just been screwed by the gov.

Yes, we do see a lot of sponsor content now, but I think the same rules would apply to hosted galleries, if they're over saturated, they are over saturated. There are enough hosted galleries out there, that i think you could pick some that may not be over used on certain LL's.

The rules have changed from the governments side, and we should consider changing with the times...

[spookyx]

Originally Posted by LowryBigwood

Hey UW!

You're right about it not being the LL owners concern if it's submitters are compliant or not. But this would allow those of us who do not wish to host images ourselves, to continue in the freesite biz model. That also is no concern of the LL owners, other than a lot of our friends and such have just been screwed by the gov.

Yes, we do see a lot of sponsor content now, but I think the same rules would apply to hosted galleries, if they're over saturated, they are over saturated. There are enough hosted galleries out there, that i think you could pick some that may not be over used on certain LL's.

The rules have changed from the governments side, and we should consider changing with the times...

There is plenty of content that does not need 2257 "info" that you can build sites with.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by spookyx

There is plenty of content that does not need 2257 "info" that you can build sites with.

Another good point spookyx.

I was thinking of trying some anime content. And I knew when i posted this thread, it probably would not be very popular, but I am interested in all this feedback.