*to slot – touche’ my friend 
shhh. I’m working here. lol.
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what would be great is if RA decides to recognize the change in times and perhaps sweeten the pot by putting our minds to rest about such worries. That would be best news of the year.
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To Am :
makes my points better than I can and actually some I didn’t come right out and say but agree with in general.
I am cynical about anything i can’t have backed up proof about because that is what is expected from me these days.
so ya I tend to assume the worst and hope for the best and in that case … you go with who has the best bottom line as similar programs = for the amount of exposure given …
there is no guarantee any of the programs will honor their word about long term residuals but I feel safer with RA than with many programs that make much bolder claims as to being aff-friendly. My bottom line always reflected RA, and of of course other programs I list, as being aff-friendly.
All the fancy aff tools, promo kits, contests and half-necked girls at the conventions … never made those places more aff-friendly than was that bottom line that enabled me to buy more ad space the next month.