XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Jun 07, 2005 ยท 43 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 11:29 AM
@ Peng --
A kid's-only 3D site isn't a bad idea. But I won't take you up on it -- I'm busy enough already.
As others have already indicated, I don't think that Poser is an app which holds great appeal for children. But that misses the point of the study.
In the past, I've worked at places where I could not visit Renderosity without being accused of visiting a porn site from work. There are certain other sites that I wouldn't dream of accessing from the office.......but Rendo?
Renderosity (I believe) has a goal of shedding its rep of being regarded as a porn site by some. Of course, this won't work for those that regard nudity -- any nudity at all -- as porn. But I will posit that Renderosity's moves away from the Old Rendo format are doing nothing but increasing their business.
This -- in spite of many predictions to the contrary.
Sure, the term "family friendly" doesn't put me in mind of Rendo. IMO -- this isn't a website for kids.
But is Renderosity a website that one can reasonably access from the average workplace? And thus maximize the potential customer base among professionals and business types?
That study on movies, biased or not, provides hints that cannot merely be shrugged off.
Like I said, I agree that Poser isn't a kid's toy. Nor would I want it to be.
But for a "general interest" website like Renderosity -- a site which isn't catering to only one segment of the 3D market (unlike niche websites - like true porn sites) --- Renderosity is doing themselves nothing but long-term good by taking the kinds of moves that they have.
A business must shape themselves to appeal to their target audience.
In this case -- I believe that Renderosity has come close to achieving a balance between customers with widely conflicting demands and tastes.
That's quite an act to see.