I am not Staff/Admin or a Merchant anywhere. I am no one's shill. I shop wherever the object that I need is at at the best price/deal. But I am not blind to the things that happen. I don't see how this- "to use other sites features to promote ones own" can possibly be related to ethics. I have seen Renderosity Banner ads at Poserpros, and if I remember correctly, you don't pay for them, and that is 'using another site's features to promote one's own'. That is common practice, and doesn't really harm anyone. A little competition is a good thing. I'm not quite sure how this works- "to feed off another community's issue to generate more members for oneself" If someone from Renderosity decides to stop being exclusive and go to Poserpros to sell, is Poserpros supposed to turn them down?! I haven't seen an Ad Campaign from PoserPros that relates to this- something like "Join us, Renderosity Sux, just look at how they treat their merchants and anyone who has bought stolen goods there" "to pretend to care about one community in order to gain more for oneself" To pretend to care for a community? As I understand it, Mehndi put in a ton of work here!! before she couldn't handle compromising herself anylonger and went off to start Poserpros. She then put in a great deal of effort to get the Community going there. Nevermind the heart problems she had while she was at it. I see her over at her forums helping out new artists and new merchants. She actually seems to care about the people and the ART. I don't see you, Tammy, or Tim, being that helpful in your forums or doing any actual Art. She also gives refunds to those who have purchased stolen items at her store. ;) Heck, even Daz has that 30 day money-back guarantee! So Daz cares too. :) Renderosity needs to change. "to encourage others to post on other communities in order to build or continue a false sense of negativity within that community" I actually read several forums, including here and all of Poserpros. (I know, I need a life) anyways, nowhere have I seen posts from Mehndi asking us to speak up against the injustices in this world, er I mean, at Renderosity. ;) And once again, no, Mehndi does not owe me any money. :D In fact, if you look at my posts I usually go on about how great Daz is. tee hee Let me add, Runtimedna is a pretty nice place too. I'm an equal opportunity activist. :D

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