Plenty of competitors have risen over the years. They've have just all been abject failures. Most have tried to fix at least one aspect of the site and failed t

Plenty of competitors have risen over the years. They've have just all been abject failures. Most have tried to fix at least one aspect of the site and failed to do so. I don't even think a straight up copy would work at this point. Its got the user base and while never directly profitable, its value has always been in how easy it is to shill to the userbase. I think that's primarily why Advance keeps it.