Sharen it's posted here more than likely because it affects users as well, this will change what is offered to them here, merchants are closing their stores - not all of them are owners/admins of competing sites either. They are leaving because they feel 'rosity has betrayed their trust and the agreement that they had with merchant's. As a merchant here and a competitor I may also be banned from the forum in question. So when that happens how will I know of site policy changes (like the warehouse and the merchants contests) that affect merchants? Yes I own 3-D Arena, but when I am in the merchant's forum my concerns are for my products that are here, at this site, and how to best market them or present them here. I don't need ideas from here to run my site - and frankly there is nothing in the merchant's forum that would assist a competitive site anyhow (nor should there be - hat kind of business belongs in an admin forum). Furthermore, as you can see from the posts at Poser Pros on this - this is not just for "competing" merchants either - they will be banning those who they feel are disruptive to the merchant's forum, implying "agree with all changes or you're out".

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