hannamyluv - 7:00 pm on Jan 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

I have simply been trying to have an honest discussion

No, you have not. MultiMan, this whole site is based on a fellowship of internet professionals from all walks of the business to work together and discuss and debate all that pertains to us in order to further our own individual efforts.

Beyond the first 3 posts you have made in this forum in regards to this issue, you have added no new insights, reasons or worth to the discussion. You have wasted bandwidth and the time of people who could actually help you in the future. They will not help you now.

Even before I broached becoming an affiliate, I learned much from affiliates because they have always run hard and lean in the internet world. While I may not have always agreed with their opinions, I ALWAYS respected them and enjoyed the insights that came from my discussions with them.

As far as this place being called "webmaster" anything, I think even Bret would agree that it is an unfortunate misnomer brought about by the fact that when the site was created, a webmaster was a real position. Frankly, now a "webmaster" is nothing more than a guy with a hobby site working from his basement. I personally would be insulted to be called a webmaster. I am a web professional and as the tagline states webmasterworld is "News and Discussion for the Independent Web Professional". Web Professionals could be agencies who also may not have any real websites of their own, but I would certainly cringe to think that I may not be able to be privy to their experience and insight. Affiliates, websited or not, are no different.

You are no longer discussing, you stopped discussing when you had nothing new to offer the discussion and resorted to childish insults because you had nothing new to offer.

Go away, MM. We do not want you here anymore. We will not help you in the future (and that is a more serious price than you could ever hope to understand) and we don't care what you think.