Some good fresh viewpoints, though this topic is fairly "dead horse".  

Yeah, slap-dash rendering without too much thought, and then posting it for the internet to view, well, that's just going to add more fuel to the fire.  But I can understand the excitement of Poser newbies actually making that first render, and then showing it to their friends and the internet public at large.  They had fun making that render.  That's a good thing.

I used the analogy of music multi-tracking and using samples for a remix.  Indeed, as some folk here have pointed out, the "pro" artists also resort to adding in 3rd-party content  Snobbery about building everything in a scene from ground up in order to have a great scene, is not a sustainable proposition.

Granted that there is a wide range in quality of Poser rendered art.  May I also add that in several art communities around the internet, there are inconsistent standards of what is and is not a good art render.  So, another component to add to the mix of what gets shown and what doesn't.

Personally, using Poser has given me a lot of enjoyment.  I did actually learn how to do simple mesh modelling and texturing, because I wanted something in my scenes which was not to be found anywhere.  It's been a great ride; I am still learning; and I still consider myself a hobbyist.

 

Eternal Hobbyist