Eh, I doubt that there will be an official explanation.

I think the rules as they stand now and what is and isn't allowed is a result of idiosychracies of the rules. As soon as one rule is established someone finds a loophole or a way to push the envelope. Sometimes people scream about it enough for rendo staff to plug up the resulting loophole, sometimes they don't.

Merchant can't post where people come and hang out, but their fans (or those whom criticize) can.  Not letting people rip into products or freebies and offer negative opinions would be... what was it we were arguing about just the other day - censorship.

I've been reading DAZ commons little more often since the artzone/Poser Pro's merger, and I actually like commercial product announcements. They have them labeled as commercial, so if someone doesn't want to look, the can skip them.  It seems to be a good way for vendors to get feedback from customers. Around here, people seldom go to other forums... there's just waaay too many of them to keep track of.

I suppose at some point in time people were worriaed about the poser forum turning into a commercial. I dunno. Commercial posts don;t bother me, and I think they may be self levling, where merchants will be somewhat careful about ticking off their customers by being too annoying or overbearing.

Wasn't it the other thread, the one that just got locked, that someone was mentioning, if only the rules were perfect.... Ha!

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