Re: The whole directnic thing could be the best thing
As much as the possibilitity of the ramifications if things go on as they have been frighten me, I do agree with you there. Many people know one of the niches I promoted the longest and got the best results with were teen... however, that does not mean I support CP type content. HOW people promote the niche is going to be affected completely by their morals/ethics, and for myself I never felt the need to make a teen look "younger" to sell a site. Using that approach really IS catering to the lowest common demoninator, and is definitely making yourself a target for scrutiny. It makes doing business much more difficult for other webmasters/websites as well.
Unfortunately, the flipside is that it DOES make money, and somehow, people will find ways to go on promoting things the way they do, and unless it's the SPONSORS who put their foots down on the way affiliates are presenting their content, things aren't really going to change. The sponsors create the content, the sponsors provide the content, I don't know why more of them aren't policing the USE of their content, not just looking for people who steal it, but monitoring and correcting the way people PRESENT it. Unfortunately I don't see this happening anytime soon because I am seeing more and more teen sponsors design even their tours in the same fashion that some people cut teen thumbs. A little airbrushing here, a little glow there, it's relatively easy to make a 18-19 year old's face look like a 13 year olds.
It's sick, and I don't agree with it. In some places it actually IS illegal to do this kind of thing, however, it's not illegal everywhere and unless we self-police, things like this DirectNIC thing will happen, or the goverment will step up even more and make all our lives miserable.
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12-15-2006
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