Fair or not?

There have been some complaints, both among models and their fans, about the placement systems of various websites. Their complaints are that models who make the most money get placed first, and there's a huge luck factor in how much a model makes in her first few days as a model. Since they have been placed first on the page, they are easier to see, and hence attract more attention and make even more money. Those who don't do so well their first couple days are left to struggle, and steadily get a worse and worse placement until they give up.

But my thoughts on this are... isn't that how it works with most everything? Those who have the money to put behind their works of art, or business, or whatever, get better placement in the show, or street, or whatever (respectively), and hence get more business and have an easier time thriving. Those who don't have the money to afford the best spots get the second best, and on down the line, and hence have a harder time attracting customers. And to top it off, they then don't get the money to make stuff shiney and new and attract more. As it becomes harder and harder for them to get the business, they stop getting even the money to upkeep their store, and fall of, and go out of business.

So maybe it is unfair, but life isn't fair. At least it does seem to correlate with how real business work.