Quote from: MySecretAccount on August 01, 2012, 07:55 amBy letting us police ourselves, we actually end up with a better community, better communication (even about the bad things and people), and most active and involved users working on their own time to make things safer, better, and more reliable. If all we had was perfect vendors who had perfect packaging, perfect products, and perfect communication, the forums would be just full of garbage posts where people talk about how fucking high they are and yeahhhhhhhhhhhh man SR rules!We need the bad to create the good, and we need the balance created by our completely open scene to constantly keep things at their best. Lots of people don't see it this way, but in the end having overpriced vendors is good, as it leads to undercuts and an efficient, evolving marketplace that caters to its supply and demand. Those who have private needs or separate attitudes quite likely have their own sites or small groups off SR, and that's fine - in fact, that's ideal. Without a central message, SR is the perfectly designed home-base for an all out marketplace with no focus on any one vertical.A very well considered and interesting read, thanks.Also, +1 karma! :)