Originally Posted by BestCasinoPartner
Gentlemen,With all due respect this type of behavior does nothing to help those (like ourselves) who pay good money to be well represented on your boards, not to mention the people who rely on the information posted here. Last Friday AffiliateGuardDog.com reported that both BestCasinoPartner.com and CasinoBlasters.com removed a hotly-debated term from their terms and conditions. There was no mention of this change on CAP. One can only assume that this infighting is taking much needed attention away from the business at hand. This is irresponsible to say the least and disrespectful to the community that has backed your efforts all these years. As self-proclaimed “watchdogs” for the affiliate and gambling community you have responsibilities here that go beyond soliciting support from your members. You have the opportunity to serve a very important purpose for operators and affiliates alike but your efforts to meet this goal appear to have gone woefully off-track in recent months. We strongly encourage you to clean up your act and focus instead on reclaiming the loyalty and trust of your members.
The BestCasinoPartner Team
Actually it was mentioned in your forum and in two threads, but it is getting buried in all the drama.
I agree very much with the rest of the post too. Being a watchdog for affiliates is IMO one of the most important aspects of CAP.
Guys (and I mean operators and affiliates alike) CAP always was and still is what we make it. For operators, after the dust settles, this drama will likely result in lower fees and more exposure for the buck. For affiliates, it will mean free speech and a place to express themselves more fully.
All the resources are still here.
I have always been puzzled as to how business partners can get into such rifts that end up destroying the business. Look at Hyve, as an example in our own industry. The software rocked, it had such potential and it died due to infighting.
Well, this is a bit different, because CAP is not a product, it is based on living, breathing people with their own opinions and motivations.
The community does not equal the business. The community could pack up tomorrow and move, together or scattered. If that happens, there is no business.
CAP has reach though, that would be difficult to rebuild, Google etc love CAP. CAP has the hundreds of threads that give affiliates insight into the management of the various programs. CAP has a bunch of great tools that we can all use.
A while ago I started a thread about bannings, I think these were an indication that things were going south. When you have to worry about people speaking freely, something is wrong.
Every message board has some bannings, but lately CAP went overboard with this and not because people attacked others, because of business reasons.
That affects the integrity of a message board in a negative way, and people start leaving because – it is just not right.
I also started a thread about certification and asked people to input their thoughts – perhaps the future management will dig it up and give some serious thought to people’s opinions.
Meanwhile it’s a waiting game it seems… and I reserve opinions until I know more.