Honestly, I thought bbay.com was a good idea. It let artists profit from their work, while leaving the community spirit intact here. In fact I'd always assumed that bbay.com was running on EdgeNet servers (the ever-present bbay.com ad on the front page seemed telling), and so EdgeNet could begin to recoup their costs in running this site. This seemed a wise arrangement. Placing the commercial store smack dab in the middle of the community site seems unwise, there is an inherent conflict of goals. When you go to a free rock concert, the bands are not selling their CDs up on stage. The CDs are sold in booths along the side and in back, slightly outside of the spotlight on the performance. The band wants to profit from their work, but featuring the music sales so prominently would make a sham of the performance. I'm afraid this is what will happen here. The attitude of the place may shift relatively quickly from being a community based around an idea to being merely a facade to feed the commercial enterprise. I have no problem with artists selling their stuff, and I purchase quite a few things in this way. I have no problem with those sales being handled by EdgeNet, on the same machines serving up renderosity. I really don't care. I just think the commercial site should keep its identity distinct from the community site, not plop itself down in the middle as has been done today.