TGPs skimming off thumb from sponsor gallery

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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Aug 11 2004, 12:31 PM
I disagree.

I think we have businessmen on both sides who want to do whatever they can to make as much money as they can

The problem seems be that when Businessman A says he doesn't want to do business anymore with Businessman B, Businessman B says they are required to. :P

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Sponsors do have the option of terminating anyone they want for whatever they want. I don't really think that is relevant to the conversation - I don't think anyone is questioning that.

What I think they are questioning is the WISDOM of terminating the account over the use of the thumb in that manner. I repeat again - being "suprised" that it was being used that way indicates a lack of research on the part of the sponsor program. Everyone and their mother has an opinion on traffic trading and skim ... what people think it "ought to be" has been discussed more than (well, okay, almost as much as) Confucy's identity; if you are offering a promotional tool for use in the market, you ought to know what the market actually IS.

PROFESSIONALS probably would communicate with the "offending" webmaster before terminating the account (which was done) and/or going to the boards (which does not appear to have been the case).

Sykk - while your arguement about the banner is a lot closer to relevant than much of what has been posted, I still don't think it plays. Use of a sponsor banner or a sponsor-provided thumb to send traffic to another sponsor would be a obvious violation of the terms of use. Use of the thumb in such a manner for legitimate trading is a lot more in the gray ... the intent is to generate fresh credit cards/checking accounts, er, eyes to the sponsor.