I don't want to bring up a war, but I felt I needed to answer Xena about how if I don't like it, "I should not look at it." I'm sorry, but this has been bugging me over the weekend. I know I should do this in IM, but I want people to know my position in this whole vendor versus artist thing.

Xena,
I never was against advertising in the galleries with blurbs about the marketplace, I didn't mind pictures being put up to show off stuff in the various galleries, though I agree that full ads are probably best suited for the PSG, but I see no problem with pictures that feature certain products getting a blurb. I'm not against the merchants making money, so I don't exactly know how I became the vendor's enemy in this.

It wasn't about censorship or the right to have your credits. If you had checked my gallery, you would have found out that I credit everything that is used in a picture to great pains, marketplace, other sites, freebies. I have even been known to recommend items in blurbs, without being on anyone's beta testing list. So, please don't throw the censorship flag down on the play because of what you thought I meant. PS: Recommending is not really something you can do in the link system very well.

All I was looking for was a natural progression between picture and description so that the art was prominently featured, not the credits. I have no problem beyond a few aesthetic changes with how it's setup after yesterday's changes. I do think it should be left up to each artist whether they want to provide those links or not or just do the credits in the standard fashion and it shouldn't be mandatory that they do so. To me, the link means an endorsement, which in most cases would be fine, but there are some items I've used in pictures that were a pain in the butt and just because I used them doesn't mean I recommend them. However, like everything else, they do get credits in the picture, as I want no misunderstandings about my work.

So please, don't try to make me out for a troll or something I'm not just because I have some opinions about art versus commercials in the art gallery. Until now, I've been a supporter of your cause, but geesh. Disagree once and you are scum. It's unfair as well since I am a long time customer of the store and spent hundreds of dollars there.

I love Rosity. It's been my home away from home, but does that mean I have to agree with everything they do?

Granted, perhaps I could have worded it better and I am sorry for that, but hindsight is 20/20...

ShadowWind

Sorry for the rant guys...but I don't want people to think I am some kinda censorship evil doer because I'm not.