Quote - "Jumpstartme2:
Quote - "Ive brought the linking issue back to staff for further discussion."

No, it has not slipped past anyone. How can it with constant reminders but here is a reminder, they say this every time they make a rule and then it does not get changed as has been pointed out earlier.

In all fairness I would like to add something to my earlier post. I said "it's doubtful that it will be changed."  That is true in a large number of cases, but I should have stated that there is only one instance that I can recall where a decision was reversed and that was where "Forum Search by Member" is concerned.  On the old forums it was possible to search by member, but it was disabled to speed up the forums with a promise that when the forums were converted to php that it would be turned back on again. However once the forums were converted they changed their minds and decided that they were not going to allow members to search the forum by member. The feature was eventually turned back on but only after much posting on behalf of the members of this community.

However, once a policy is implemented, change is rare, but not impossible as we can see by that one instance that I can recall.  So maybe there is a glimmer or a shadow of a hope that they will see the error of their policy and make their free stuff forum "non exclusive" like Poser Pros and Daz Freepository does.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
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