leaves me feeling very angry about the minority of dirty webmasters who will do anything to make a quick buck, and whose lack of integrity contaminates the pond for the majority of us.
This is why I am always in favor of exposing such things.
Everyone suffers the consequences of such behavior – not just the person who lost money.
We are always quick to expose programs, even on shaky evidence. We need to be fair across the board and expose all who cheat/steal/defraud in this business.
It needs to be cleaned up all the way, not selectively. Casinos cheating players, players cheating casinos, programs cheating affiliates and affiliates cheating programs – it should all be exposed if we want a clean and productive working environment.
If this will be swept under the carpet like other items have before, at least Dean should be responding to private inquiries about who has done this. He has more freedom now than other affiliate managers in the same boat have had previously – he isn’t running a program anymore and doesn’t have to worry about backlash on that level.
What an embarassment to not have these things dealt with! 😡