Probably a few… but it has to do with the new listing policies. There is no more “certification” and programs can be listed with or without fees. These programs are announcing that they will not be paid listings. They will still be able to come here and take part in conversations and everything. Just no more advertising.
I haven’t seen the whole new system yet since I only moderate the affiliate community and have nothing to do with admin, but I understand that it will be released to us once all the bugs are ironed out.