It takes a lot of anger to cause people to vent this way.

Jeny did apologize for what happened, and the images have been restored for the most part. The issue is now behind us. But there are some who are still upset.

Why? In my opinion it's because the feelings expressed in this very long thread have been held in for a long time. The reaction to this single incident is due, in part, to a long history of bad decisions and mistakes. So, allow me to be a bit proactive and offer some suggestions:

Renderosity HAS gotten too big, and too much to manage. So one of the alternatives is to cut back on what there is to manage.

(1) Combine some of the forums. Do you really need so many?

(2) Be more selective of the items that go in the store. Focus on QUALITY instead of QUANTITY and you just might see sales INCREASE while your bandwidth requirements DECREASE. However, it should be important to note that this won't happen unless Renderosity plays a little bit more fair with its vendors. There is NO advantage to being exclusive to Renderosity ... what incentive is there to go that route?

(3) Improve the site navigation. Right from the front page, isolate the marketplace from the forums. Create two distinctive areas ... those who want to shop or see what is available go directly to the marketplace. Those who want to learn or ask questions go to the forums. It's good, sound web design and really is as simple as that to avoid MANY of the issues that continually crop up with posts being moved from one place to another.

(4) Consider one SLIGHT exception to the "no commercial posts" rule. Allow software manufacturers the right to make product announcements and upgrade announcements in the forums that deal specifically with their software. The MOST likely place that software users will go to for this information is the forum that deals with their software.

That's about all I can think of for starters.

Message edited on: 09/19/2004 10:21