Male_M3dia posted at 2:06PM Sat, 02 December 2017 - #4319172

It wasn't a smart answer, it's the truth. Those vendors paid for advertising to be used on the entire site, not just parts. And some people use both programs not just one, so it makes it worth the paying vendor's while to have their advertising cover all the bases. If a poser vendor pays for the advertising they will get the same treatment as well. Your example about radio stations is invalid because there are many types of contents available here, not just one. And even then, even on my subscription of SirrusXM they advertise content provided on their other channels, so they're going to let me know that they have a comedy station while I'm listening to my dance music. They announce their Christmas music channel over all their stations this time of year to to cover all their bases. The same goes with internet radio stations.

The actual name for this type of advertising is called "cross-promotion".

Apples and oranges, Terrence. Sirius XM is selling a subscription service so anyone who subscribes to that service or advertises on it knows what they're signing up for. Just like if I look at abc News, I can expect to see commercials for things I may or may not have a need for in the immediate future. Renderosity never asked me if it's alright if we ruin your shopping experience by putting ads of products in front of you that I know you're not looking for, and making it more frustrating for you to find the things that you are looking for. That frustration spills out into threads like this one. The OP was frustrated because he's looking for one thing and all that pops up is stuff he doesn't want. I'm seriously hoping it's not the intention of Renderosity to frustrate me and other customers from finding the items we ARE searching for by showing us stuff we aren't searching for. Just so they can make a quick buck. If it is, they can delete my account now so i can just move on. They might still make money, but at least it won't be anymore of mine.