if an affiliate program was “just posting” in the past and they didn’t pay the certification fee and have their own forum, a wrong impression of that program was conceived.. this i guess created a pretty uncomfortable circle for programs to contend with
now that certification doesn’t exist anymore and affiliate programs can stick around and post and help out without fear of chastisement for not being “certified” i think its a good idea for programs to maybe get on the “wait and see” approach..
i think that there’s merit in sticking around (with or without a forum i dont know) to see what becomes of it all once the dust settles…. so long as programs who choose not to take a paid listing now are not disadvantaged later