According to what Tim Choate said in his interview, if a post is a blatant ad and says "coming soon" etc., it belongs in the Product Showcase Forum. Since he owns the site, he ought to know. Unfortunately, desperate merchants will shove their ads where they are not wanted, figuring that even bad publicity is publicity. :ptui: Are featuring any products can indeed be art. But ads are ads. Even if they are done by beta testers and friends who get gifts as long as they promote the image, they are still ads. If an artist only credits the one product, and leaves out all the others and all the freebie makers, what are we to think? Credits started as a way to thank the freebie makers since they were not getting any money for their time. So this is a double slap. If a merchant annoys me by scrolling ads in the banners (makes me seasick, so I scroll down asap) or ads where they don't belong, I don't buy from them. If enough of us vote with our wallets, either they will get desperate gnawing on dry bones or they'll get smart. The smart merchants who follow the rules will survive. Carolly