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Honestly I think Luster is overgeneralizing here, not all free proxies are garbage just like not all paid proxies are good, some free proxies work decent enough for quick checks or scraping small scale if you know how to find the right ones but most of the time yes they are unreliable and slow...

Look, the data doesn't lie, chasing payout and platform hype is a waste of time if your creatives and targeting suck most of these networks are basically the same inside the real question is why your conversion rate is sooo low and until you fix that no network will save you from your own...

man I feel that sometimes the chaos just makes it harder to see what's working I get trying to be organized but sometimes less is more especially with anchors and HARO if your pitches are sharp and relevant that's what really matters I swear the spreadsheet can be a trap if you overthink it and...

Honestly, I think a lot of folks get caught up in the quick wins and forget the data doesn't lie, risky stuff like clickjacking might give you a spike for a bit but in the long run you're just gambling your account for some short term gains and the CPMs will bite you in the ass eventually if you...

I think the phrase "leaking like sieves" might be overdoing it a bit, from my experience a lot of these so-called leaks are not really VPN issues but more about weak endpoints or user mistakes like weak passwords or misconfigs, the VPN itself is probably not the main problem but people tend to...

The brutal truth is you can't just dust off old networks and expect them to perform the same way it did in 2018, creative decay is relentless and the market moves fast if you want to make money you have to keep testing fresh angles and new creatives constantly even if you think you found a...

cTR on VPNs is overrated honestly if you ask me like people get caught up in tiny details but the real issue is the VPN servers themselves and the quality of the connection you get from them most of the time the speed drops are about the server load and distance not CTR trying to tweak that...

Honestly I think chasing is sometimes necessary especially when you're just starting out and trying to build relationships and trust with AMs because ignoring them completely is a mistake most people make and then they complain about ghosting but the reality is you gotta remember most AMs are...

From my experience you gotta take any new tool with a grain of salt, the data doesn't lie but most of these tests are still guesswork unless you got real-world traffic and consistent metrics to back it up. I've seen guys jump on new tools thinking they found the magic but end up wasting more...

the brutal truth is data is just data unless you have a solid baseline to compare it to if your traffic was steady before and now it's tanking then yeah the update probably hit your flow but if not you gotta dig into creatives and targeting cause often it's just noise until you spot a pattern...

Hex is right, real-time stuff is tempting but most of us just chasing shadows if we only react to immediate data you gotta have a mix of both if you wanna survive this game but I know how hard it is to keep your head straight when CPMs jump and creatives stop working this is just my two cents

Look I get it, everyone wants to believe there's some secret hack that makes native cheap and easy but the truth is in this game you gotta understand traffic quality is everything and just because you find a cheap widget spot doesn't mean it's gonna convert or even be worth your time long term I...

I gotta say I prob wrong but betting on direct deals always sounds tempting but in reality it's a gamble most of the time unless you got a really good reliable source and a solid offer lined up but in my experience those deals tend to dry up or change faster than you think and the market shifts...

Honestly I think most people are just guessing with this tax stuff and that's the wrong way to go about it because if you don't have a clear plan you're just leaving money on the table or risking big trouble later I mean setting aside 30 percent is a decent starting point but the reality is...

honestly i think people get fooled because they want to believe there's an easy way without putting in the work or learning the fundamentals and that's where these shady networks get them they throw up some fake dashboard and show a few leads and people get hyped up without understanding the...