i've been an editor to the odp for a moment, 4 or 5 years ago, and now that i want to help again, i'm locked down because of some internal changes in the structure... let's say that the ODP does not have the value it had in the past... now sponsored by the AOL and not validating links as they are suggested...

let's say i'm sadly deceived by the ODP now... it was for me the best place where to find refered websites... and everybody know that the ODP is a base source for google etc... but i think that now that google have a new registery with adsense and other gadgets, they do not need the ODP anymore...

so, i now have to find something cooler... lol

does someone know if an existing "opened directory" is competing the ODP ?!
(so i can grab its content.. lol)

it's absurd how the ODP is filled with laziness now... i provide like one or two links each months, and none was filtered in the last year.. they are all stored in the moderation queue, none was reviewed by the editor in charge of the categories... and i asked, i asked again...

and i know that a lot of other sites are moderated at other categories...