Yeah, these rules basically destroy the community, as people can no longer link to tutorials on commercial sites or discuss personal problems that involve money including medical problems or legal trouble (talking about something even as minor as a parking ticket) You're basically well on your way (more than half way there) to turning the Rendo forums into the DAZ forums, where there is no sense of community whatsoever there-- except in whatever incarnation of a SINGLE off-topic thread in The Commons is, and who wants to tread through that?