ArtByMel posted at 10:54AM Sun, 02 October 2016 - #4285370

Some people seriously need to get a life. One that doesn't involve the net.

LOL! Totally!

~Wolfie~

Awesome! Thank you, as always, Jenn!!

~Wolfie~

Jules53757 posted at 8:33AM Sun, 02 October 2016 - #4285373

Sorry, I don't understand the problem. I don't see any Pop up on PC, Mobile phone and Tablet. Can you specify the adds?

The ads are completely random. Mostly unrelated to Poser/Daz, some are. They pop up for each and EVERY single page load on Renderosity, at the bottom of the page. And sometimes, even after they've been closed, they reappear if I settle on a page for any length of time, such as writing this post.

And no, I am not the only one to experience this. I've asked around on Facebook and its been confirmed by several people that they're experiencing it as well. So it is not localized.

vitachick posted at 8:33AM Sun, 02 October 2016 - #4285387

I use AdBlock Plus...this page shows 5 items blocked..

I think you might be right! Ridiculous that I am required to block ads from Renderosity.

~Wolfie~

Yes. I got a similar sitemail, asking me to email them off site for more information about them, including photos, and why they contacted me.

Umm. No. Goodbye.

~Wolfie~

This is horrendous news! :-( What happened?? Had she been ill? We chatted often over the years, and I never heard if she wasn't well, so this is quite the shock. :-(

My heart goes out to her and her family...

~Wolfie~

LadyElf posted at 3:11PM Mon, 22 February 2016 - #4256725

IceEmpress posted at 5:39PM Sun, 21 February 2016 - #4256592

I don't think it's _ just_ the off site linking that has us in an uproar. As I mentioned in a previous thread, it's the total compilation of the mess over the last year or so. This was just the icing on the cake. The straw that broke the camel's back.

--Prime neutering being the worst decision I have ever seen Rendo make. They refuse to listen to the resounding complaints from BOTH customers AND vendors about it, and actually had the audacity to blame the vendors for raising their prime prices due to no longer getting 100% royalties from Prime product sales. --Implementation of Markdown language, a super-crappy programming language, for forums

Agree totally... 100%.

~Wolfie~

Add my agree totally...100%.

The Prime 'neutering' (good word for it) was for me the real kicker. I've been around way, way long time and I've seen some doozie mistakes, but this one IS by far the worst. Not only the worst idea, but the way it was handled was atrocious. As has been said already, it needs to be totally restored to the way it was. I know of a lot of vendors that started losing hundreds of dollars a month because of this. Some have moved on, some have had to raise their prices to make up for it to the point that it's just another normally priced item and of no benefit to those that have paid subscriptions. Lack of month long coupons, the benefit of a product a month being delayed and even blaming that on the vendors because "we can't find anyone that wants to contribute a free product". Of course you can't, Rendo should be hiring the vendors and paying them for the product, especially now since they are receiving a cut of the profits.

So, Hope, it's not really about you, or about Jen, or about Kristi all of you who have to take the hits for the decisions because you are on the front lines. It's about the policies and the procedures that have been done that are of no benefit to the membership, and in fact in the case of Prime were actually deceitful.

The 'so you won't get a virus' doesn't fly either. We are on the internet a LOT not just here and should already be protecting ourselves. Put security measures in by all means, but don't think that we don't already have our own as well. The security measures WE worry about are the protection of our files, our identities and our credit/debit cards and paypal accounts.

The banning and silencing of a well respected vendor, after she voiced her opinion ( as was told would be welcomed) because of 'personal attacks' that only staff seemed to see certainly was the other straw that broke the camel's back.

I just don't understand this place anymore. I've been here (yes I'll say it again until you listen and show some respect for it) since before there was a store, when it was an artistic community only. It's like seeing someone bulldoze the house you grew up in and not giving a damn about the aftermath it causes.

Here, here!

~Wolfie~

IceEmpress posted at 5:39PM Sun, 21 February 2016 - #4256592

I don't think it's _ just_ the off site linking that has us in an uproar. As I mentioned in a previous thread, it's the total compilation of the mess over the last year or so. This was just the icing on the cake. The straw that broke the camel's back.

Yes, see my first post in this thread (post #3) I brought up most of those things. If people don't want to read it, then I can summarize it (it is post 4256359)

--Broken site redesigns that make Renderosity non-functional for 2~3 weeks, and buggy for months. Then exactly 1 year later, implementing ANOTHER redesign that is equally as bad.

--Incompetent and unprofessional site redesign-- incredibly basic stuff that the programmers should already know, such as creating a backup server of the old site design in case the new one goes disastrously, or that infinite scrolling, esp. of vendors, is bad. It was clear TPtB did not do any research on good site design, despite being easy to find in infinite number across the web.

--Prime neutering being the worst decision I have ever seen Rendo make. They refuse to listen to the resounding complaints from BOTH customers AND vendors about it, and actually had the audacity to blame the vendors for raising their prime prices due to no longer getting 100% royalties from Prime product sales.

--Initial asinine gallery rule (limit on allowed # of uploaded images for non-Prime members, which would have been devastating for some vendors, as the gallery is used by many for advertising.)

--Obstinance by programming staff at implementing certain features-- main example being color of the "sale" text color that is readable instead of medium-light gray on dk grey background.

--Long-standing bugs not getting fixed, such as email notifications (buggy since site redesign 1 1/2 years ago)

--Features from previous site designs being removed and not returned until months later-- searching by date function on the gallery was only restored a few weeks ago.

--Implementation of Markdown language, a super-crappy programming language, for forums

Agree totally... 100%.

~Wolfie~

JVRenderer posted at 3:33PM Sun, 21 February 2016 - #4255688

I almost have a feeling that Renderosity is purposely making people leave.

I hate to say it, but I totally think the same thing some days... Otherwise WHY... WHY all the ridiculous changes? For us? HARDLY!

~Wolfie~

hornet3d posted at 3:26PM Sun, 21 February 2016 - #4256414

The problem here is that there is wide spread dissatisfaction with the path Rendo has taken for a year or more and it has clearly lost touch with the customer base. The opinion appears to be 'we are not getting our message across' when in fact they are, it is just the membership do not like the message. I do however, feel very sorry for some members of the staff, they are human and it has to be soul destroying to have be constantly under attack. I accept none of this is personal (well except for the odd response from a staff member in the Prime forum which was condemned, and rightly so, but maybe they were having an off day) but if you are living with constant criticism it is very easy to condemn.

I exchanged quite a few emails with Hope when I was deleting my gallery, it was a personal decision hence the personal emails. My view then was she was genuine in trying to improve the situation, though I have to admit I doubted her ability to do so. Not that I questioned her skills I just think there is too much running against her. My view has not changed in recent weeks.

There is a great desire to restore the community feeling here but unfortunately this seem predominately to be from the members and very little from the company but then that has been the case for over a year or more. My personal view is that Prime should be scrapped, it is now damaged goods and no amount of changes is going to resuscitate it. I also think the team, and the powers that be, should stop what they are doing and sit down and try and create a new script and then make it public. If it is honest and makes small steps quickly while setting out a timetable for the future more difficult changes members can then gauge whether the changes are on track.

Will this happened, I very much doubt it and I suspect that vendors will begin to see that staying here is having a negative impact on their sales. At least a few of us have stopped spending here and I suspect that the number is growing. This may shock Rendo, but if there is no community then I am really not bothered who I buy my content from, in other words, if the vendors move I will start buying from my favorites again but not while they are in the Rendo Marketplace. Am I happy with this as a outcome, well yes, but I would much prefer Rendo to become a community again, and soon. I come here less and less and it is beginning to feel like watching a favorite pet suffer, there has to come a point where you say enough is enough and put everyone out of their misery.

Well said.....

~Wolfie~

Malysse posted at 3:12PM Sun, 21 February 2016 - #4256356

You keep going on about change 'being hard' and 'taking time to get used to', as though we are averse to change. This shows (yet again) how little you understand us. We are not averse to change. We have been begging for change for a long time in the forums. We want change. But we mean change for the better.

I couldn't have said it better.... And not only changes for the better, but REVERT changes that the community as a WHOLE so clearly objects to. So one or two members voiced an opinion, and you thought it was best to cause damn near nuclear annihilation for the rest of the community? ("Damn near" might be the wrong choice of words. Maybe total nuclear annihilation might be better suited at this point.)

I don't think it's _ just_ the off site linking that has us in an uproar. As I mentioned in a previous thread, it's the total compilation of the mess over the last year or so. This was just the icing on the cake. The straw that broke the camel's back.

However, imo, using "we're trying to protect you from viruses" is a pretty weak excuse, at best. It's the 21st century. If someone got a virus from Rendo, via Rendo, or through off site linking, THEY were not doing THEIR OWN due diligence, and NO ONE else is to blame except for them.

At this point, I am one of the torn. I have deleted my oldest freebies, and MAY be deleting the remaining as well. I haven't yet decided what road I plan to take from this point on, altho I have several options, and several ideas.

~Wolfie~

Yeah I just noticed that too.... Not very professional to delete posts. Does not inspire confidence at all. :-(

~Wolfie~

Personally, it's not at all about Hope, for me. It's the all encompassing thing that is Renderosity.

~Wolfie~

I'm not very vocal on the forums, or at all for that matter, but I'm sorry, I totally agree with 3D-Arena as well.

PAY for advertisement for FREE products?! cough huh? No, no no....

One thing that I seriously want to point out, as it's somewhat related...and I'll try my best to explain..

If we can no longer place links along with our freebies to external sites that "may" contain stores, then why, and HOW, is it ok for Rendo to place similar links all over the site to external stores? Because Rendo, or the ad owners, are paying for the ads? How does that make an ounce of difference? Just the other day I received a Renderosity email with a product which was on sale. It was a huge resource pack. And being a resource junkie, I decided to take a look at it. I clicked the link in the Renderosity email, and it took me to an EXTERNAL website! I was completely baffled. Do as I say, not as I do?? Really?

I've been with Renderosity since 2004. And I have never been so disappointed, and disgusted, with changes as I have seen the last year or so. Sure some have been "ok", but for the most part, they have not been changes for "the greater good". Complete opposite, actually.

Far to many changes have been going on over the years, and it's sad to see that so many vendors, and customers, are walking away, and yet Rendo turns a blind eye and does nothing to change this, except make more ridiculously radical changes that just drive an even larger wedge throughout the whole community. :-(

Hindsight, and all that, guys.....

~Wolfie~

^_^

~W

21st? LOL!!! No thanks! I couldn't imagine doing it all over again. It is quite safe to say Happy 41. ;-)

Thank you so much for the sweet gesture!

~Wolfie~