I really have to think this one through...first joined in 2000, moved than in 2002...moved and now once again in 2006 (reasons for multiple joins is that I always had my 'rosity account connected to my work email...whenever I move ...I'm in the military...and get a new computer all the username/password information was lost, this one however is now on a yahoo account that I've established that will be the same no matter where I go in the world. That being said:

I've seen a lot of changes in Rendo over the last six years...I used to come here just to look at the Superhero images, so when the 'rotica left I didn't notice it.  Then I actually started using Poser using the default charecters and started reading the forums, I watched the very last volleys of the Erotica and watched Renderotica grow out of that.  Curious I looked over and saw Renderotica and learned a lot...came back here and applied those things I saw there with some of the stuff I saw here...I like to think I grew.  I remember when the the big names here weren't big names and they used the boobs in a thumb technique and guess what it worked, they can post anything and be guarenteed a jillion views and comments.  After my last move in which I didn't relocate until months after, get the house set up and came back here, I established a new username (mainly because I had so many variations of my username and had switched work email accounts three times (re structuring) that I didn't know what my username was or what email account it was established with...
Before I had become accustomed to to recieving about 600 views the first day an image was posted and a few pages of comments, because I was established (I found my old username password combo awhile back, and deleted the gallery), now I'm not, so if an image gets 600 views and a few comments I'm  happy, but I tried to post clean thumbs at first, since the last time under my old username that's what I was doing....nothing but crickets, as my thumbs got racier the comments came, it was when the thumbgate crisis that I finally figured out how come the old username could post clean thumbs and get many views and comments and the new one couldn't....I originally thought it was because now I was using Aiko heavily and not V3, it wasn't...it was because before I was posting clean thumbs, I was posting booby thumbs, once folks knew who I was...I didn't need that gimmick, but the gimmick got people in.
So just because  you don't need a gimmick anymore don't dismiss it, I'm willing to bet more of the very well known Poser artist here used it back in the day (I won't name names), between the Aiko/Girl controversy and now thumbgate (I can't take credit for that term),  Rendo has stopped letting the newbie have a chance to shine.  
As a reborn newbie I can see this.  Those of you who are mad because boobies got more views than your work...how many comments did you get compared to their's.  All rendo has done is alienate the newbies who want to be noticed, they eventually find their way, but Rendo is only interested in creating cliques.
Like I said, I love the site, but I've seen too many of my E-friends leave, or get banned within the last year because of  either let's redifine this and that.
In the end, I will comply.

Oh, Jen...when I go through the galleries every now and then I'll leave a "this looks wrong to me" or "hand going through wall" comment, I haven't been tarred and feathered.  I just don't leave a rating on those because every now and then someone will IM me and say, hey that part you didn't like well I was going for____________ and I go..."oh, now I get it"

Peace. love and boobies in jogging in Maine!