justenjoy:
Sounds like it’s your job to filter them then, not to make excuses. And don’t act like you don’t get a cut from the deal.
Many of the premium story writers also upload free stories as samples of their work. If we filtered out the premium stories and put them in a seperate section then member's would be less tempted to upgrade, thereby reducing their earnings. This would affect the number of premium and free stories being produced.
In the same way that Facebook and other social networks insert ads into your news feed, these should perhaps be seen as a necessary 'evil' since they help keep the site alive.
Of course FF takes a cut which helps us maintain the website and develop new features. Obviously we can't do this without a budget.