[FASherman]

Had to go with vBSEO. While I am impressed with vbHackers, the net of it is its still a copycat of VB.Org. All the style and graphics work is lipstick on a bulldog when the concept isn't original. Even the content isn't original. There's a large number of mods there that have also been released here.

If BotM becomes nothing more than a popularity contest with admins sending out emails as a voting drive, the whole idea can be tossed on the rubbish heap now.

No promoting of any kind should be tolerated and based on that alone, vbHackers should be disqualified - especially if the rules are based on VB.Com which does have a rule prohibiting promotions.

Of course, I don't expect that to happen. VB.Org doesn't have that kind of credibility any more. Users are leaving left and right. Webmasters promoting votes for their site are at least driving traffic here and that, I'm betting, is more important than integrity.