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Originally Posted by Rochard
Anyone who doesn't have a sig in their file is most likely a fake nick.
I don't trust anyone unless I've met them personally.
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Originally Posted by The Ghost
There's a few kick ass affiliates that don't rock sigs (out of being spammed) but for the most part agree with this. Fake nicks easy to spot.
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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
This is exactly my point. 5-6 years ago there was piles of people exactly like you, with their company and name or industry name on GFY and nothing to hide. Now there's only a few like you who do such. Most hide, it used to be the opposite.
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I actually mentioned this before in a past thread, and while the "no sig = troll/fake nick" may hold true in some cases, it's not a good rule of thumb.
I've shot photo/video in the past and had a few paysites up. Nothing big enough (or ready for that matter) for me to start an affiliate program. All of those projects fizzled out, and right now I focus mainly on doing work for a phone sex company that I'm contracted with. Why not offer my design/coding services in my sig? Because aside from the work I'm currently doing, I have no desire to do this work for any other than myself. My goal is to work back into shooting again and building my own sites. I've dabbled a bit in the affiliate game, but I tend to put more focus on the phone sex work and not enough on affiliate marketing to make it worth while.
I have no reason (or desire) to plug or spam anything in my sig, so I choose to leave it blank, unless I put some quote that I like or something in it. But I'm no one's fake nick, and I try not to troll, unless it's directed at Nalem's photography.
