Originally Posted by PornGeneral (Post 14093038)

Program Managers,

I am not to sure about the perticulars to this system and how it is setup but I would caution you on unarbitrarily or automatically withholding payment or disabling accounts which are listed by others in any "blacklist" type system. It would possibly be more prudent to just request the listed affiliate to provide more identification information or flag for further account review. Sounds like if a program manager has any issue with an affiliate outside the realm of cheating they could cause serious harm to a legitimate person. There is a reason stores don't anymore post in public bad check writers but report them to national databases which are government by laws like the Fair Credit Reporting Act allowing consumers rights to dispute and privacy.

PG

:2 cents:

Originally Posted by natkejs (Post 14093154)

Yep, I agree.

Reports to a system like this should be considered a heads up rather then a ruling.
This is why we will also add functions such as verify / dispute etc.

However, if you get a heads up and you find the affiliate in your program with a 1:1 ratio on PPS with no referrer info then it's pretty obvious what's going on.

In the end, everyone has to think for themselves.
That's why we call it a "Neighbourhood Watch" and not a "Neighbourhood Police".

Thanks for your input :)

Originally Posted by nation-x (Post 14093251)

kind of funny coming from someone who just got busted with magically disappearing referrals because of an "htaccess accident"

Originally Posted by nation-x (Post 14093251)

kind of funny coming from someone who just got busted with magically disappearing referrals because of an "htaccess accident"

Originally Posted by MediumPimpin (Post 14093329)

Was just looking at the site in your Sig, http://www.artgps.com/program.php

Every link 404's, all of has issues with sites.

Originally Posted by natkejs (Post 14093355)

those are some great hosted galleries :1orglaugh

Originally Posted by A1R3K (Post 14093288)

i'd use this. this past week alone i caught two assholes attempting to defraud us using trustcash. preloading accounts with stolen credit cards and then buying memberships through their affil ids in trust cash.

they both got shit canned.

Originally Posted by MediumPimpin (Post 14093365)

Shit happens like I said, I bet it's a "htaccess accident" :upsidedow

Originally Posted by natkejs (Post 14093381)

damn that's a new one... they sure are making an effort to stay one step ahead of us.

which again is why cooperating should help :)

Originally Posted by A1R3K (Post 14094482)

agreed.

:thumbsup

hit me up on icq and i'll give you his name so you can check your backend for the little fucker.

Originally Posted by BradM (Post 14094654)

Fastsize is interested.