Quote - ""The freestuff forum is a grand idea...but restricting providers to linking to their freestuff only in that forum is asinine.""
Asinine was the exact word I thought of to describe this.  I only read this one forum.  Now I am forced to read two.  (Well forced if I want the same benefit I previously had with just the one).  And how does this reduce any forum clutter at all with 2 threads for every freebie now instead of one.

TBH I have only been to the freebie forum a handful of times to see what it was all about and to look at the rational behind creating it and the  rules, so that I could post them in this thread. 

I only read 2 forums here on a regular basis.....Poser and Paint Shop Pro.  Four others I go to on an add needed basis:  Photoshop, HTML, and hardware  when I need to ask a question. And post in the Community Centre forum when I need to advise of some site issues.   I don't bother with the rest of the forums. I can see all of the forums I have displayed on my screen  without having to scroll. So far as freebie forums go, I don't even go to the ones at Poser Pros and Daz unless someone here mentions something specific that is available there.

As big of a supporter as I am of freebies and their creators, I have no use for a freebie forum. I'll just keep doing what I've been doing in the Poser forum because none of that is affected by the change.

But I agree with you.  All this freebie forum is doing is creating redundent posts....2 posts per  freebie now.

Too goofy!

Oh well, at least freebie creators double their chances for bumping up their post counts and maybe one day they will have more posts than me,  LOL

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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