Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Why a sponsor would approve an affiliate and not do an auto approval.

Keeps out the lame.
Keeps out the stupid.
Keeps out those with a big mouth on boards.

Obviously not 100% as DF got through.

Other reasons.

Keeps out surfers.
Keeps out people with child porn on there TGP sites.
Helps cut out scammers.
Makes sure those promoting the sites are promoting the sites. With most sites reporting 50% never do anything after being approved this would be sensible.
Let's the sponsor know if this is a serious player or someone looking to seed his site with free content to sell ads to dating and cam sites.

Because it's their site and they can run it as they please and think best. When DF lets others dictate to him, he can dictate to others.

Who wants to promote a site with 100 others all going for it or 1,000s some bothered, some not and all saturating the content?