Quote - If you want to post a link to the download you placed in the free stuff section, you now have to do it in the free stuff forum, and no longer in the poser forum. And from what I understand the link has to be going to your free stuff area here and not some off site place.

 

In my very recent experience, that isn't how it works - I just submitted the links (exactly the same as in my sig below) in the Upload part of the Freebies page, and they were reviewed and later approved for the Freebies listing. I didn't post anything in the free stuff forum, it never occurred to me.  I've never gotten any noise about links in my signature, and I've conversed with several staff/moderator types since I got them finished and hosted.

The links for download in Freestuff actually almost always point to an outside hosting provider, unless you're a dunce like me and pay for File Locker services here, take a look at any of the latest freebie offerings (I just checked it myself).

While I'm not typically a big pom pom waver for the site in all cases, I think it's good that they actually test something that they're providing a link to and checking whether it works or not.  I don't know what the OPs beef is but I haven't had problems like that, and I argue with site admin people all the time so I doubt it's because of some "we don't like you" thing.

Quote - 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?

That's true enough, an unfortunate compromise for not requiring people to pay for file hosting here.  :unsure:

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