The Sig Whore
CONCEPT: A “webmaster bulletin board” where the attention of the average peruser is so valuable that “teenage boys” can make thousands per month just “bumping threads”.
Absurd?
CONCEPT: A “webmaster bulletin board” where the attention of the average peruser is so valuable that “teenage boys” can make thousands per month just “bumping threads”.
Absurd?
June 15th, 2006 at 11:37 am
[…] In an earlier post, I speculated about a webmaster bbs where kids make money bumping threads. This HBM operates within that same theoretical scenario, and further presumes that senders of traffic (webmasters) make their decision (yay or nay) as regards particular affiliate programs based on what they read on the bbs. The Sig Whore’s MO is to sport a program’s banner in his “sig”. A sig (short for “signature”) is a display area that appears underneath the posts you make on a bbs. Your sig may contain text, images and outbound links. Because it provides a clear visual identification, the sig may be used to build the brand of a program or a person. Sigs are an important aspect of one’s board persona. Some board members are strongly associated to a program (perhaps because they are an owner/employee or a Sig whore with consistency). Some board members like to appear “program agnostic” (meaning that their sig does not relate any program), and may display in their sigs a unique image/banner or irreverent text. In spite of what may appear to be the case (based on the contents of their sig), most board members, nevertheless, give allegiance to certain specific programs. This allegiance may be the result of a friendship the poster has with the owner or employees of a given program, it may reflect a more casual affinity, or it may relate to a more formal benefit sharing arrangement with the program. In the case of established board personae, with good reputations for knowing what they’re talking about (and who are generally thought to be “top notch guys”), it should be possible for them to earn an income simply for “being friendly to” some program on the board. Absurd? […]