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Porn Nerd... just to put my unasked for 2 cents worth in..
If I had an affiliate that wasn't a tube, and amongst their domains had my videos, unwatermarked, and monetizing my content with zero to me, even though they send me plenty of other sales the right way - I'd soon get pissed about that, especially if I had to keep asking them every day or two to remove it but having to wait 3 days or more. I'd understand their biz model if they allowed UGC, and actually give them more leeway if they were a one man band.
If they were a multi-million dollar concern, with plenty of staff to quite rightly handle their operations, and still acted like they were a one man band dragging their heels etc, I'd be more pissed off at their lack of business competence. I have nothing against tubes these days, anyone with half a brain can see they exploited a bunch of circumstances in their favour, and while their early days were an ass rape, we are where we are. They have the traffic, and can and did dictate to most what to do, but that doesn't mean I have to swallow that *and* the fact they monetize my content in numerous ways which mean I never see a penny of it. The offset of that is the type-in traffic of which they don't see a cut, so it kinda balances out anyway.
Dare I say it, you probably aren't aware of the internal 'you cunts' emotive response that is ingrained, even if only a tiny amount these days, in those who were around prior to the tubes and the truly gargantuan traffic grab they've accomplished. That's no dig - if you haven't experienced situation A, then obviously situation B is all you've ever known and A is just a concept, but that's most likely where others are coming from.
And for those who were around for situation A, similarly it's hard for you guys to see Porn Nerd's position because you don't know what it's like to have not experienced the before and after, and the erosion of monetization as we've seen it (not that there aren't other monetization methods of course).
So, group hug?
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