Do you remember the scare a few months ago? That huge cut had everyone fearing for their affiliate business. Then the suspensions started. And people started seeing drops in traffic. But the situation seems to be coming back up. Can we move past this as an industry? Let’s see. How Bad Is The Situation? What you’ll need to remember (all throughout reading this piece) is that the crisis we’re facing is not like anything we’ve seen before. Sure, there have been periods of economic downturn before.