And... Do you agree with them? I understand that them finding deals provides revenue but people doing the posting and assisting on the forums is what's keeping them alive no?
Of course ddf has value for dd, but how to you judge a persons value for ddf? By post count? HT's are a simple way of making a distinction among members.
Anyway there are regular DO's for forum members. This was just a different type of thing, and after all the backlash I don't think Dan would do it again.