Quote - Just to let you guys know, the marketing team is looking into this, as we don't really want to be in a position where people are afraid to click on banners for fear of pop-ups and spyware.

Thank you for looking into this. But, I have to ask: how do these banners get approved in the first place? Why do the admins "look into" these banners only AFTER someone has mentioned them? How many times have people mentioned the completely-inappropriate "smiley" banner ads? Yet other people report seeing it again, months later.

Quote - I hardly think that for the amount of free features Renderosity gives people, you have any right to complain that they are trying to keep you from blocking the ads that help finance the site.

I agree that the solution is not to block the banners: this punishes the merchants who run banner ads. I think that purchasing products at Renderosity would bring the site more money than a banner-click payment from someone like Publishers Clearinghouse.

On the other hand, if Renderosity can charge Publishers Clearinghouse $100 for a banner run (as an example), this could be more money than they could make on a $15 exclusive "wood furniture pack". In this case, it would be financally smarter to get the $100 fee instead of relying on a visitor clicking on the banner and purchasing the "wood furniture pack".
But, even though this may be financially smarter, how much does it cost in reputation, as more merchant banners are replaced by paying, corporate "spam" banners (as other people put it).

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