Funny....I was just writing about this the other night...

 

Actually...I was surprised to see Legume's posts "At ALL"

 

I thought he went through and hand deleted them all before he left.

 

FWIW..Roy is absolutely correct...He owned the domain name, and Programmed / Maintained the site. He had every right to do with it as he pleased including the re-direct. As far as the link in "Poser"...it's not the domain holders responsibility to "Re-Direct" the link...It would have been up to Meta Creations (Which  owned Poser at that time IIRC...maybe Curious Labs by then)... to release a patch that updated the link to the appropriate site.

 

Sites come and go...and if a site ceases to exist any longer...or acquires a new address....the "Developer of the Software" needs to either remove or update the link,(whichever is appropriate) via a patch, or simply send out instructions to all registered users on how to hack the link file (which is probably easier than deploying a patch...just to modify a link)

 

Anyway... it ""IS" things like this (Maintaining good relations with the Software Developers and other Sponsor's) that make it difficult to have an all out "Uncensored" site... If developer "X" supports site "Y" by putting a link in thier software, manuals, website, or other publication, and site "Y" becomes a "Free For All" or becomes a site which display's or allows that which Developer "X" doesn't approve of, or decides has become that which isn't consistent with what they want thier name associated with...How long do you think it will be before Developer "X" Stops Supporting Site "Y" ?

 

(Takes Breath...Damn..that was a long sentence.)

 

Sure..we all want to be able to speak our mind uncensored, and many..if not most, folks have the ability to "Self Sensor" themselves, even if there were no restricting rules....But as I mentioned in another thread recently...Perhaps not verbatim..."The membership (including Vendors) are not the only source of revenue for a site this size" Sure...Without a member-base...there is no site...but folks need to realize that there are other forces at work going on behind the scenes that enable a site of this size to remain in existence.

 

The old PFO(.org) is a perfect example of one that didn't want to be a commercial site, and as such, got to the point where it was either find ways for the site to be "Self Supporting" or close altogether.... Pay up....or Close up...

 

What good is it to the membership...if a site has no other option but to shut down, due to lack of finances?

 

Those finances must come from "Other Sources" than just members  buying stuff in the Marketplace, when a site gets this big.

 

 Sorry to go on so long (Again...lol) I'm simply trying to provide some food for thought...for the next time the "Censorship" card gets played.

 

There are others, outside the membership, that participate in generating revenue for the site, that also need to be taken into consideration.

It's a delicate tight-rope act,that site owners must perform every day, in order to try and maintain a balance between pleasing the member-base, and satisfying the demands of other,"outside" sources.

 

Both are "Needed" to support the site, and not everyone is going to be pleased or satisfied.

 

 

Nice find Spiritbro...Again...it's strange that I was writing about this very thing not 2 days ago.

 

You got me wanting to dig up more old stuff like this.

 

Those were the days eh?

 

Tom

“The fact that no one understands you…Doesn’t make you an artist.”