To those who say it's just those with the bucks, I'd respond: To a point, folks. The site's income through advertising from outside sources (say, for example, SmithMicro taking a banner ad here) is determined by the amount of traffic the site receives, not the number of paid memberships it has. If we're going to go by the latter, then any discussion along these lines becomes moot, because we have no say and therefore no influence in the site's policies. We are here strictly as customers, no more, no less, and the existence of the fora is little more than social chit-chat that means nothing in and of itself.

Is that what you see here? If so, then we might as well just all walk away from this thread and collectively shrug our shoulders and say "Well, that's how the ball bounces". If anything comes down the pike that changes other gallery policies, we'd better not complain because it's not our site and we have no say. If the marketplace is suddenly told it cant support DAZ figures because Rosity and DAZ have decided to part ways, we'd better just go along and say nothing. Aint our site.

I just read Thorne's post, and it's one of the saddest things I've read in a long time in these fora, either here or anywhere else. Cut through it all, and FW had to cave, pure and simple, just so some people would feel comfortable. Not because it was right, but because it was... ewwww.... icky for some folks who apparently felt they had the right to question a long-standing, very positive policy and turn it into something dark and perverted and dangerous.

And that sucks.

And not in a good way, either.

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