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01-01-11, 10:42 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by VincentSDSH View Post
Generally, authors want a lot of exposure for their mods to make the greatest number of people happy -- nothing like seeing jumps in your download numbers to make you smile, the little notes of thanks, or the number of annoyed people when something breaks (sure, 200 people are grumpy but, HEY, 200 people are using your work!).
And some don't care how many players use their addon at all.

They do it for themselves , their guild and their friends and family.

They upload to Curse & Wowinterface for ease of updating for the members of their above circle.

So they will go for whatever site they find easier to work with.

Other addon authors do it for the fun of coding and upload it for their fellow addon authors to pick through. "Maximum exposure" is about the furtherest thing from their mind.
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