At this point, I am reluctant to post. While the reactionaries are on both sides, there are points, it is just hard to sort them out. Yes, I am a merchant, again I am reluctant to post that. My banners were not removed, but I was informed that they were close. I developed new ones, and was informed they were suggestive and would not be allow. You see my big items are lace and poses. And it presents me with a new problem of how to present them. Meanwhile, several merchants came up with the censored ad. And that took off. Several of them have reported increased clicks and increased sales. At this point, I had issues coming up with an ad that would be okay, and so I came up with a word ad, with no pics. And that would be okay, so I posted it. Its doing okay, not as big as some of the previous ones, but sales are doing well enough. Some have said they think the merchants are giving up space to protest. So far it seems that they haven't given up anything, in fact clicks on the ads are running 2 to 3 times higher. So, if that logical of being sales driven still holds true, I would expect them around for a while. They do have to be changed in 30 days. Some of the ads did need changing, let's leave it at that. And while customers did complain, that seemed to me to be an excuse to change something that was already desired. As Renderosity grows, there is a need to attract a more commercial market, including some advertisers/vendors who might not want to see the banners. And the way things sit at the moment, the banners are seen by everyone, visitors as well as members. To apply the filter, someone would have to be "logged-in" While some things could have been done better, (hindsight is always 20-20), I do think that this would have happened no matter who said what to whom! The ads would have been changed either this month or next month, but I don't think they would have continued even if no member had complained. The manner is which it was done, may have been justified, but it does not foster the "team". HOWEVER, after saying that, I do think the actions of yesterday on policies and code of conduct is a giant step in the right direction. In addition the 7 days to implement it is definitely the right direction. I do believe they finally get it, and I am very happy to see it! I look forward to working together as a team, staff, merchants, customers, for we are all members, team members that is. The only question left is: Can we put it behind us, and get on with it?