[humblegunner]

You would think that if the owners & moderators had a problem with bloggers, they would be banned or their posted deleted.

You would think if there was a problem with pointing out blatant blogpimping the authorities would say something.

It's called "Market Forces".

[sleddogs]

market forces
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(Economics) the effect of supply and demand on trading within a free market

I think the key word here is FREE as in freerepublic.