Well, 5 years ago my husband really insulted me. He apologized the next day and we are currently happily enjoying the 24th year of our marriage.
I believe in fixing things and getting on with life. I apply that to everything – you make a mistake – fix it and get on already. I feel the same way about affiliate programs.
Gifts – where did that come from? You must not have been reading cap around xmas time. I don’t appreciate being insulted like that, but I will assume you didn’t mean it or just don’t know better.
I was aware of the Fortune debacle and surveyed my players and none had their accounts closed. You can see me post in that Meister thread. As far as I could tell Fortune was getting rid of a bunch of players that were draining the system by claiming bonuses under multiple names. Unfortunately they hit a few innocents with it. That’s the problem with profiling, and that is why it is illegal for the police to do so in the US, but it still happens every day. I have not heard of any similair incidents at fortune since.
I think if you feel like you say you should just pull them all. If I don’t like someone, that’s what I do. I believe strongly that everyone needs to take care of their own players. If all of us did, they would be little complaining. Players will know that when they come to your site and follow your advice, they will be safe.
That also includes giving sound advice. I don’t think it’s responsible to advertise multiple bonuses across a group when they don’t exist or are only handed out as incentives to players who qualify for retention efforts. If you advertise multiple bonuses all added up into a huge sum, you really need to immediately pull places that do not encourage such player behavior. You are not doing your players any favors.
Shane has nothing to do with any of this, and this thread isn’t going anywhere because of that. Everyone who is interested in this matter should read at Meister about it, Bryan is the one who has the contacts that can unearth the truth.
It is not really an affiliate matter except for truth in advertising – make sure you give sound advice to players that will not get them in trouble and everything will go smoothly.
I am going to take this over to Meister and will be posting there instead. At least the correct people will see it there.
My recommendation to you is to just pull them now. They don’t fit your advertising niche. IMO a good affiliate knows what his/her players want and only advertises exactly where that can be found. Your players trust you to be true to your beliefs.