Do merchants actually make THAT MUCH MORE here, after Rendo gets their 50%, than they would with just little private offsite stores? Because, I seriously wonder why anyone bothers to sell here at all. Between the percentages and the eternal crap it sure does not seem worth the heart ache. Actually, no. But here they don't have to advertise as much and work as hard at selling stuff. It makes a significant difference, and is why my site puts a huge amount of effort into providing effective marketing. But, overall, those merchants who sell outside of Renderosity generally will do better. How does adding a texture make this obscene. It doesn't. Nowhere in the policy changes does renderosity state that they are doing this becuase it is obscene. That's leaping to a conclusion that isn't there, much like saying they are pandering to the religious right (also an utterly ill informed statement). All they are saying is that they don't want it here for business reasons. Rather large difference. ...and that is the way Germany went under Hitler, Italy under Mussolini, and Russia is going now (again), and is the way that people lose their freedom. They just "suck it down" but don't emigrate. Very true of governments where people fail to take action. This isn't a government, however. It's a website. Easy - create/implement a nudity filter and stop trying to nanny the rest of us. Which would b fine if they were trying to nanny us. They aren't.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)