I agree with the complaints about the pitiful search engine and the forum software, but I could live with the forum format indefinitely if the search engine would just be improved... Technical issues aside... Do you want to post off topic in here and if so why? Why do you think that is a good idea? Would you prefer there to be an off topic type forum instead? Sure, why not? In a community, people talk about MANY topics, not just one... The "OT Forum" concept didn't really work very well here, you know? The OT Forum became a place where people went to argue about stuff, and while I have no problem with people arguing about whatever they wish, it wasn't really a place where the general community went to look for or participate in conversations like, "Guess what, I got a new puppy!" or "My wife gave birth to our child last night, here's a picture!" or whatever. What is so terrible about following the tos when posting that leads some people to complain about it? The biggest problem I see is that the TOS is unevenly enforced, or it sometimes definitely appears to be. As for why people feel the need to scream and rant that someone wants them to tick the Nudity flag if the image they're posting contains nudity, I have no idea. I put it down to a misplaced sense of entitlement. ;-) What do you like about the forum/community page/Poser galleries/Poser Freestuff here? What don't you like? There are a lot of knowledgable folks around, and some really good artists whose work I admire. What I don't like is that some people just can't seem to play nicely with others and feel the need to gratuitiously engage in "dead horse" arguments. What would you prefer we did differently? Everything! Just kidding. :-) More even and regular TOS enforcement would be good. When discrepancies are noted (such as a mod who maintained that warez talk was not "zero tolerence" but "at their discretion" to discipline), a simple correction AND APOLOGY would go a long way. Mind you, I haven't seen too many TOS-related muck ups here in this forum for a while. The current style of moderation is actually pretty good. Flexible. :-) How could we make the Poser forum a place where you would feel happier to be? I don't feel especially unhappy here. shrug But I do think making the environment "community friendly" is a good thing. Would you like to see things like a featured freestuff provider of the month? Maybe. Would you like to have a featured artist of the Month that you all vote for? Not site wide, just Poser based. Maybe, but how would something like that be arranged? How would people be nominated? Wouldn't it just devolve into a big popularity contest that is essentially meaningless? Or to have interviews with Poser challenge winners so you can get to know people a little better? That might be very nice, actually. Okay. There you go. My thoughts at the moment. :-) bonni

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