some points..
* the fact that a program owner isn't posting on a board, shouldn't mean shit to current affiliates. The OP says he's not thinking about LightSpeedcash anymore because Steve isn't posting... well, if you're an current affiliate, then it shouldn't matter to you if he's posting or not.
* $500 per month earned by the #1 affiliate, IS in fact very little, and "embarassing" isn't really a wrong word for it.
But he's already made his millions so maybe he just stopped caring about that program, no matter what some peeps say.
Phil Flash Cash is also showing much smaller numbers than a few years ago.
* I doubt Steve still makes $500k per year from LightSpeedCash like Mutt said... . IMO ulikely that rebills and type-ins earn him that much, but then again, he's already made the $$$.
* some trend I noticed, solo girl sites have faded away a little, seems that ex-gf's sites replaced them to some degree.
* no matter what some people say, this industry IS down. Half of the once popular programs are probably seeing daily sales a good few times smaller than they once had. But they are still alive and still having their solid reputation and they might be perceived as bigger than they actually are. On the other hand some programs with next to none affiliate traffic, are showing much bigger numbers just from buying/selling cross-sales. Hint - TG screenshot posted by an ex-employee a few months ago. Welcome to mid-2009.