hopeandlove opened this issue on Feb 18, 2016 ยท 114 posts
Sockratease posted Thu, 18 February 2016 at 4:56 PM
Crap! They're on to my scheme of embedding viruses in my fractal obj files!!
Now I'll have to figure out how to embed viruses in images and upload them so everyone who views the image will lose all data on their hard drives!
Nyah-Ha-Ha-Ha! * Twirls handlebar mustachio * [/sarcasm]
OK seriously, I have no problem with whatever rules they want to apply here. If they become too annoying, I'll just go away. Maybe state my reasons first and see if anyone cares, but having run a lot of forums myself - I know full well that rule changes are inevitable, as is negativity resulting from them.
But it's life and we all move on.
I did take issue with my free fractal obj files thread being locked, but not because of the rule taking effect - I was put off by the fact that whatever moderator locked it did so with no post of any kind explaining why, not even a sitemail or an email. It is a Rule for moderators at every site I have ever worked that taking actions that directly effect a user Require those actions be explained at the time they are taken.
Not later, after complaints are made and questions are asked in pointed ways.
Ya wanna tip from a recent rule change over at Fractalforums.com? (yup - Shameless self promotion!) (I do help run that place)
Our gallery was getting spammed by a few users posting literally dozens of images at once and monopolizing the recent posts area. We restricted the Gallery uploads to One Per Member Per Day. We knew this would cause an uproar, and we also knew that merely posting an "Announcement" was grossly insufficient to be sure people knew what we were doing.
So we set it up that on their next visit every member would be greeted with a message telling them that they had to read the post linked to before they could do anything else on the site.
That way at least nobody could get caught off guard (like I was when visiting here to find locked threads with no explanation).
I read in this thread that posts are disappearing. Sad, but necessary sometimes. I trust the members whose posts were removed were informed. If not, this is not the sort of place I want to be. If so, at least people are doing their job.
I sort of understand the not linking to outside sites, but claiming it is anything other than a Business decision to avoid promoting other sites is an insult.
Has ANYBODY ever gotten a virus from a free 3D File posted here, or at ShareCG, or even at the DAZ Forums Freepozitory?
If so, I will be the first to apologize and support this action. Otherwise I stand by my belief that it is a money making decision and the stated reason of Virus Protection is a smokescreen designed to hide the true intentions of The Man Behind The Curtain.
That brings up a good point - is even ShareCG banned from being a host for free stuff? If so, that surely invalidates your virus excuse since they screen everything. Feed your ego all you want. It's your site to do with as you please. But things that are perceived as insulting really should be avoided.
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