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Stop trying to confuse everyone with facts. ;-0

Illusions, ask yourself why a Renderosity admin started this derailment in the first place, and what HIS agenda might be.... and how his posting here might support the basic premise that Renderosity's application of rules is and always has been uneven... which goes to the heart of the Merchant Forum issue. Think about it.

My agenda? Please, do tell me what that agenda is, Jeff.

"I suppose it's no issue to the content of this thread. " Then why post anything at all? If I were you, I'd be more concerned about how the site I work for is perceived than what individual members are doing when they're not violating the TOS. Right, Jeff? Or would you like me to repost an incident of when you attacked me in early 2000 o5r 2001 (since you obviously know who I am), thereby violating the TOS, and at that time others noted that no action was brought against you. Would you like that, Jeff? Because it would go a long way towards supporting the claims that I and others are voicing regarding Renderosity's uneven application of its TOS, and would lend credence to the "perspective" of the conduct that the admin have shown. Your call. I'd be happy to oblige.

Why would that be an issue to you, Jeff? What does that have to do with the content of this thread? Or are you simply trying to derail this thread because it's not going the way it was hoped it would go? So please.... explain to me why my identity is even an issue here, when the focus of complaints centers around this site's uneven enforcement of its policies?

IMHO the only reason this thread was started is that the economic ramifications of that original Forum decision are starting to be felt. I'll say it again: Renderosity has a long and well-established history of NOT ENFORCING POLICIES EVENLY. Members have complained about this FOR TWO YEARS. When the decision to lock selected people out of the Forum came, NO ONE WAS SURPRISED. To wit, THIS THREAD IS POINTLESS. Nothing, and I do mean NOTHING, will change here. Tammy, you can explain yourself ad infinitum, but the effect this will have at this point will be so negligible that the post may as well not have been made at all. That the admin of this site has been so unresponsive to people's complaints regarding specific issues (such as application of the TOS based on who you are or what you mean to this site) for such a long time is the message that most users have come to accept that ambivalence as the actual message. There is a perception among some that the admin is callous, and that perception is borne of experience. Sure, this site has a six digit membership... so what? I don't see evidence of any kind of "community", the merchants I know have become so mistrustful that they've left, and many other people I know refrain from posting because they feel it's a sheer waste of time. Change your Merchants Forum all you want.... it's not the problem, it's just a symptom of the problem... and I think most people know that. IMHO, of course.

The long-term mishandling of this and many other issues at this site is a matter of both public record and widespread community knowledge. Bondware, Inc. chose, at the time of the public outcry against these policies, not to respond in a manner that would have led to a resolution through rational debate. Subsequently, a fair amount of vendors, artists, and members have moved on. That was several months ago. As well intentioned as the original post may have been, this seems like a case of slamming the barn door after the horse has fled, found other pastures, a warm place to sleep, and other horses to socialize with. All this, of course, is IMHO.

My most sincere thanks to you all.