I tend to agree with everything you say, but obviously from my own perspective and experience of people who have left this site. I figure sooner or later someone from the staff who's allowed to answer your questions will turn up and answer them. I'd be curious to see the answer if it differs from above and if not, then what the reasons are that you and your artists can't link from here. Direct links to freestuff is obviously not a requirement anymore because of the huge number of free sites that don't allow it and the large number of Angelfire, Geocities and other links in freestuff here. I don't entirely understand the competition ruling to be honest as most of the vendors here also market in other stores, it only makes sense to do so to get the greatest coverage. But commerce shouldn't be a "you can't do it" rule, that's kinda self defeating. Better to allow a little freedom and promote unity and co-operation than segregation and isolation. shrug It is confusing, yes. We can but wait for an answer, and make noise until someone realises the thred is still active, it should be interesting.