You Just Can't Trust Anyone (Rant #1)

MadMax · 2005-09-26, 05:18 PM

Like most of the LL owners here, I've got a mental list of my "trusted" submitters. These are the people who know how to build good, clean sites that don't break the rules, use the right recips, submit to multiple categories, and so on. I rarely, if ever, have to decline a site from one of my "trusted" submitters, and I'm happy to say that I've got a few dozen of them.

This is mainly a note for those of you who are just getting into the LL game...don't EVER fall victim to the temptation to approve without reviewing on these sites. As many of you know, I'm chewing my way through a pretty big backlog right now, so the temptation to just approve the submissions from submitters I know is incredible. I resist the temptation, and today I vindicated myself.

For whatever reason, 4 of my trusted submitters have been filling their pages with crap and blind links for the last month while they were submitting and I was AFK. I caught them and declined the sites...but if I'd given in to temptation I would have been listing crap without ever knowing it.

Why would someone start using blind links all of a sudden? I don't know, but the best guess I have is that they think we don't watch as closely once we know them.

If your LL is new you may not be to the point yet where reviews are a mountain and not a mole hill, and if that's the case just file this thought away for later...the devil on your shoulder will sing eventually

2005-09-26, 05:18 PM	#1
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	You Just Can't Trust Anyone (Rant #1) Like most of the LL owners here, I've got a mental list of my "trusted" submitters. These are the people who know how to build good, clean sites that don't break the rules, use the right recips, submit to multiple categories, and so on. I rarely, if ever, have to decline a site from one of my "trusted" submitters, and I'm happy to say that I've got a few dozen of them. This is mainly a note for those of you who are just getting into the LL game...don't EVER fall victim to the temptation to approve without reviewing on these sites. As many of you know, I'm chewing my way through a pretty big backlog right now, so the temptation to just approve the submissions from submitters I know is incredible. I resist the temptation, and today I vindicated myself. For whatever reason, 4 of my trusted submitters have been filling their pages with crap and blind links for the last month while they were submitting and I was AFK. I caught them and declined the sites...but if I'd given in to temptation I would have been listing crap without ever knowing it. Why would someone start using blind links all of a sudden? I don't know, but the best guess I have is that they think we don't watch as closely once we know them. If your LL is new you may not be to the point yet where reviews are a mountain and not a mole hill, and if that's the case just file this thought away for later...the devil on your shoulder will sing eventually