To that site staff member who makes the final decision on forum posting policies,

For a long time a certain inconsistency in the forum policies has seemed, well "inconsistent".  I'm not angry or upset; just struck dumb as to why certain policies exist for some and not for all.  This is the crux of what I don't understand...

*Why should the forum rules be different for creators and non-creators?

A creator of a freebie has to post in the free stuff forum first, yet....
     ....those griping about freebies can post or announce them as often as they like.

A creator of a commercial item can't post an announcement in the forum, yet...
     ...anyone else can or those wanting to tear it apart can rip at it for pages as often as they like.

A promotion can't be posted for commercial sites by those affiliated, yet....
     ...anyone else can start the notorious "New at XYZ store!!" threads as often as they like.

***If the Poser forum is for the discussion Poser and is non commercial why is the discussion of sale content allowed at all?

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     ...why are commercial price bashing threads allowed?
     ...why are threads allowed that bash merchants and stores?
     ...why are commercial themed lecture threads allowed telling merchants how to run their businesses?
     ....and then why are those merchants, who are also members, allowed to be insulted, flamed, seemingly exempt from protections of the forum TOS?

***If the Poser forum is for the discussion of Poser, and merchants are not to post about sale items, why is anyone but the creator allowed to?

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***Any if freebie creator have to post announcements in the Freebie Forum, why are non-creators exempt?

Why is there a separate member rule set for content creators? Is there really any difference who the topic comes from?***

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*I have no issue with the authors of these above threads or their content specifically; simply using them as recent examples of what content creators can't do, yet anyone else can; seemingly a biased ruleset.

Been meaning to ask for an explanation for some time now. If it is an issue of people being annoyed by commercial posts? Are these annopying to those same people? If people say content creators spam, that Alice thread isn't spam? It was posted all over poserdom.

I just don't undertsand the difference. If some don't want commercial threads, why do we have commercial lecture threads, I won't buy from this xyz threads, now on sale threads, new at xyz threads, my new commercial WIP threads?

Kinda curious why the same reasons you restricted creators from posting such topics doesn't apply to others?

Let me know if you don't mind or whaen you have a moment.

Thanks and regards,
Anton

-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the face of truth is concealment."

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