Originally Posted by Gerco

Honestly, Ciao Bella is right. Coming from the Network Admin background myself, I see what he's saying and find it all to be totally creditable. I would have no doubt that with he right talent he could rip anyone of us a new hole. I would only hope that he could use that power for some good. I don't think he's doing a bad thing by post this stuff here. A lot of people need to wake up and see the reality of the situation. There are a lot of forces at work to tear us down. Some of those forces are making more $$$ of your content that you are personally. Instead of banging the guy, maybe we should try and listen to him. It's the little sites like mine, I see one here whining and crying. But where are the big sites? Laughing all the way to the bank. There is a reason they are the BIG sites...

Trust me, I would give my left nut to have a glimpse into that world. Although my sites content might push some limits I could never resort to shady stuff and sleep with myself so I'm most likely destined to remain the size I am... or even eventually get wiped off the net, but only time will tell.

When that sad day does come where it's no longer feasible to pay hosting fee's, affiliate fee's, content fee's, credit card fee's, and equipment fee's I suppose I'll finally be gone. After 10 years I can see the writing on the wall. It really is only a matter of time till all the smaller independent sites are completely gone. Hell it's already been happening all around us, where are all the "mom and pop" sites you saw in 99-2002... gone.

Anyways, I would listen to what this guy has to say very carefully and try to learn something from it.