Quote - If you think that the merchants didn't hold more sway over policy than the vast majority of forum users who were satisfied with the Freebie announcements in the general Poser Forum, I'd consider that opinion as unrealistic as the suggestion that Renderosity seeks the greatest good for the greatest number.

If you think that Renderosity doesn't want to make itself attractive to as large of an audience as possible: and that it therefore tailors its forum rules & other policies with that goal in mind (pleasing a greater number) -- then I'd consider that as unrealistic as the suggestion that legitimate input (regardless of the source) isn't listened to.

But once again: there's always the caveat (which some have a tremendously hard time grasping) that individual opinions -- no matter how sincere, or how passionately held -- do not a majority opinion make.  When you are dealing with a gigantic membership: then by necessity you have to take & judge things in the aggregate.  One, two, or even a half-a-dozen forum posters do not necessarily represent prevailing opinion for the rest of the membership.  They represent themselves only (Which is what I likewise represent in this instance.).

Claiming to speak for "the people" is always a handy semantic device -- used in an effort to portray one's own opinions as somehow being the opinions of a vast throng of protesters: and thereby giving those personal opinions greater weight.  But that's about as realistic as saying that one member is a "vast majority".

But some will only be convinced that everything is "fair" when it's all done their way.......as I've already mentioned.  Not calculating on the fact that quite a few other members (be they vendors or occasional forum posters) don't agree with them.

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