Quote - The thing is, I have my freebies in the free stuff section but I host them.  I submit them for review and they become available with 24 hours.  That's the way it's been for years but now we have to submit them for testing, too?  If that's the case, why not submit them as a product and not a freebie.  This is just plain stupid because my free stuff gets more downloads than my products and, after 4 years, I'm still not close to the $300 mark that Renderosity put on new vendors. 

When you submit a freebie apparently it's always been subjected to testing prior to it being released to the public view.

But like I said, Renderosity doesn't host the file or the thumbnails, so what's stopping the person from changing the file after the fact?  I think that there are other reasons behind this change than the need for testing and to protect the person downloading the file. Case in point, all that's changing is that you can no longer post links to your freebies unless they are in the free stuff area here, and you can't post those links anywhere on the site other than in the new free stuff forum. 

If someone wants to be malicious, all they have to do is submit the item to free stuff, wait for it to be approved and then go and upload a file with the same name.  Voila, the file that Renderosity spent time testing to verify the product and in order to "protect it's members" is now a malicious trojan!  If it was really about protecting the members Renderosity would be hosting the files and the thumbnails to ensure that items once submitted aren't tampered with.

No, I believe there are other reasons  behind this and this safety of members is being used as a scape goat.

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi