Quote - I've seen Poser advertisements at CGS. Some serious sorting out might be in order. 1. There is a site with site owners who will allow advertisements if you pay them. 2. There are forums with participants who have their own opinions about various topics.

 

This one's easy... 

They're like any other site:

You have a huge majority who casually surf the site. Most of the rest buy stuff and post stuff. And then, you have a small percentage from both camps who hang out in the forums and post stuff.

The ads aren't targeted at the purists and the loudmouths, they're targeted at the folks who buy things. There are likely a large percentage of folks registered at that site who buy pre-made stuff (Poser stuff included), because it fills the gap.

They're too busy working towards their own individual goals (professional or private) to worry about those mouthy doctrinaires and ideologues in the fora. 

OTOH, it is pretty funny to point that out to the aforementioned doctrinaires and ideologues... ;) 

As for buying pre-made stuff among pros? Heh, let me give an example.

During my stint working at Intel, they actually had a team of CG modelers and programmers who are out here among the R&D folks in Oregon. Fun people to talk to, and I spent more than a few hours in my off time talking to them, playing with the tools, sharing ideas, learning, and in general enjoying their company. I almost joined 'em (my prick manager blocked it). 

Anyrate, here's the trick: they almost always went out of their way to buy pre-made mesh; sometimes they bought it on commission, sometimes it was off-the-shelf. Turns out that it's pretty common in any CG shop that isn't a movie shop - e.g. directly involved with making original, unique content.

After all, folks like DAZ don't rake in their bread and butter exclusively from the NVIATWAS crowd...