I think one of the major problems with Poser is (and has almost always been) the constant lack of communication. DAZ has changed their policy somewhat on that and is communicating much more on what they are doing and often surveying their user base how to go ahead and scanning their wishes. They put out information on what's comming (as much as they seem fit to do) and have open beta participation programmes. Although no one knows what DS4 will completely be like, a rough sketch is already known and details are filled in and showed along the way. By now DAZ has build up a good community / user base that's involved in the development of D/S, openly suggesting features and improvements and DAZ taking them to heart.

 

With SM no one of us has a clue what they're even up to and those who know are not allowed to tell. SM does not communicate with their customers at all and closed all the communication venues on purpose. By the time the user gets to know what the next poser will be like, all is set in stone and we can either like it or not.

 

I know we've got the once a year poser survey, but who knows if they even listen to it at all or it's just courtesy, making us believe we involved somewhat. If you don't publish survey results, no one knows if you've listened or not.

 

There's no doubt in my mind Poser would grow a lot more if SM would change their policy on non-customer interaction. They could have build up (or somewhat taken over) an active user base, but refuse to do so and we see the results of it. The DAZ community is growing, while the Poser community is decreasing and less active. Most people I know from way back have either moved on, given up on Poser (some died which is sad), but most of them are over at DAZ, abandoning Poser. Some are still around though...... Communcation has always been a problem for the owners of Poser, I don't know why, but they seem to have a real problem with it.

 

It's fun to discuss something amongst ourselves, but it would be really meaningful if SM joined in.

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