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| − | Self-sponsorship is a form of [[ | + | Self-sponsorship is a form of [[YTMND:The_Front_Page#Sponsorships_this_Week|sponsoring]] where the creator of the YTMND sponsors his or her own work to get on the sponsored list, in order to get views and votes. |
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| + | While sponsoring was created to improve YTMND, its ability to give sites exposure has on occasion backfired. This has led to some users [[downvoting]] purely for someone sponsoring their own work, whether it is of good quality or not. A similar fate befalls sites made by unpopular users that make the sponsored list: when {{ytmnduser|AwesomeBob}} sponsored sites by [[inkdrinker]] the sites in question received even more downvotes than before. | ||
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Revision as of 20:01, July 29, 2007
Self-sponsorship is a form of sponsoring where the creator of the YTMND sponsors his or her own work to get on the sponsored list, in order to get views and votes.
Disadvantages/Criticisms Of Sponsoring
While sponsoring was created to improve YTMND, its ability to give sites exposure has on occasion backfired. This has led to some users downvoting purely for someone sponsoring their own work, whether it is of good quality or not. A similar fate befalls sites made by unpopular users that make the sponsored list: when AwesomeBob sponsored sites by inkdrinker the sites in question received even more downvotes than before.
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