I see many people here are extremely delusional about Dan and his site. I too benefit from it but I don't think for a second that Dan is in this for me. He's in it for himself, to make money. Frum yidden in general seem to have a very Utopian view of their dealings with other frum yidden, which explains why so many get scammed by their friends, neighbors, and community members. Whenever I see commnets on the site lauding Dan (like Dan's the Man) and gushing over him and all he does, I laugh at peoples' naivete.
To be fair, it wasn't a business for the first several years nor was it intended to be. It turned into one because the traffic allowed it to become one.
I don't think people think DD is a tzedaka org. Rather they appreciate what the business has to offer and what they've gotten out of it.
Do people think Steve Jobs made products just to benefits others? And yet people still loved what he did for them. Why is that a contradiction?
I dont want this to sound like a personal attack but in contrast many bloggers did talk about the staples deal including some full time bloggers, that make their living as bloggers.
this is your business and you'll run it how you see fit, and I have no problems with that but i do trust you less because you aren't as transparent as other blogs.
A question to you. is DDf a deals forum like SD or a discussion forum like FT ( that does allow discussion of CB portals) ?
CC rev is fickle.
Most other bloggers started only after it came around and many have quit blogging since losing it.
I don't know of any other bloggers that straddle the travel and deal space, but I rely on revenue from both sides to make this work. Other deal blogs don't tell you every time to go do CB because that would put themselves out of business.
If that makes what I have to say untrustworthy then c'est la vie.