--It seems to me that those forums generated more traffic than the majority of the forums here.

-I suspect that the Poser forum has always gotten the lion's share of the forum traffic on this site.

Which is why I used the term majority. Obviously, the Poser and possibly Bryce forums generate most of the messages. Many of the other forums tend to be relatively unpopulated.
Please note the above use of 'many' as opposed to 'all'.

--It is a business, period. It is a business that likes to foster the image of a community, but it is in the end, a business. The forums, galleries, etc. only exist to bring people to the site in the hopes that they will go to the store and spend money. The forums and galleries are marketing tools.

-That might be true -- and personally I don't have a problem with it if this is true.

I didn't say I had a problem with it, either. It does seem that a lot of people using the various forums seem to think this is a community of some sort. That's what causes a lot of the anguish. People have unrealistic expectations because they believe the marketing hype that the 'community' is what counts and the store is a sideline.

--The reason for moving OT posts to a super-secret forum is so they can keep tabs on you. Remember, you do have permanent records here.

-Yes.....I've noticed a black van with a stylized flat-blue "RR" logo painted on its side parked near my house lately.

And a couple of guys dressed in black were connecting cables to the telephone pole at the end of the block.....I asked them who they were. They refused to say. But I could tell by their accents that they were from Nashville.

But I'm just a little too smart for them, you see.......I know what's going on here.

It's got something to do with the Illuminati -- and with the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill.

;)

Now that would just be silly.