rockets opened this issue on Nov 17, 2003 ยท 51 posts
xoconostle posted Mon, 17 November 2003 at 8:15 PM
Those who find this policy to be stupid or otherwise offensive should consider a few things. For one, Web hosting and associated maintenance isn't free, and for a site of this enormity, can't be all that inexpensive. We don't pay for the "right" to post to the Renderosity galleries (unless you choose to do so in order per the new policy, in which case your limits are lifted.) Not all members shop in the Marketplace, so who's footing the bills? Those of us who do shop here, presumably. Allegedly, MP sales are down, probably in part due to the poor economy in the USA, perhaps also because of overall market saturation. (How many times do you need to buy fairy wings or bikinis for Victoria?) Also, why do people feel the need to post more than one image a day? It seems likely that you'll receive more hits and comments if you space your postings out more than that. Furthermore, is every single thing that one does worthy of posting here? I'd like to think that the limits might encourage people to think about what they post, and post only what they deem to be their proudest or most visually interesting efforts. (I admit to some hypocrisy in that, sometimes I'll post a quickie pinup render knowing full well that I'll take it down in a month or two, but there's NO WAY that I could crank out three fab renders in one day. If I did, I'd take three days to post them, no biggie.) Most of the objections I've seen to this new policy cite some perceived pattern of site deterioration. Well, fine, but to my mind this site is still an exceptional resource, especially considering that you don't have to pay to be a member. The decision appears to have been a matter of management or budget and technical resources. What alternatives are there...just keep letting Rosity lose money until it dies? Overtax the servers until they die? There have been a few discussions about this for some time, mostly in the Forum News forum. The majority of opinions expressed have been in favor of the new policy. The dissenting voices haven't given solid reasons about why this is so awful, other than to make vague claims about how the site has deteriorated, has become greedy, whatever. If the policy offends you, you might try building your own Web gallery. The only limits will be the bandwidth that you pay for (or get for free, if you use something like GeoCities.) You can post the URL on your Artist's Page here, or even in your postings and online signatures. Limiting one's binary uploads to public areas is an issue throughout cyberspace for real-world reasons. It's simple netiquitte. I'm not trying to shoot anyone's opinions down here, I just haven't seen objections that make much sense, yet. By all means, post 'em if you disagree with me.