I have been noticing some kind of change in the free area, but I've not been able to put my finger on it until this thread.  There does seem to be a huge increase in the number of "tube" type images and "poser ready props/backgrounds" being uploaded. It's become difficult to wade through if you are looking for real props for poser, bryce, vue or just genearl .obj type files.

Before someone tells me to view according to program IE: Poser, I'll say now that I  don't view free stuff according to "program" because many items can be used across programs if converted and filtering by program will cause me to miss out on a number of otherwise very good and useful freebies.

"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