The rating system does not work, because somebodies trash can be anotherone's treasure. It even does not show, if something is completely off the road. I have been quiet here for a long time, though I am on ShareCG for almost 1 year. But I think I have one or the other thing to say..
Good thing: I had the opportunity to test what people are interested in. I posted textures, both "generated" and made from photos, tutorials, some models from older files, because I was curious to see, what people are after with sometimes "stunning" results. I learned, that tutorials are obviously the most interesting stuff from my point of view. By the way, even generated textures are work, since for my part, I have tested them and used them in own works. It is true, that "homecooked" textures take more time to produce them. Just to say something against some other opinions here.
Difficult: As maybe some others here, I am always looking for similar content, in my case everything useable for visualization, because that is what I do. I often have the impression here, that the Poser stuff has taken over everything. Frontpage ShareCG: To me it looks like Poser-paradise. Is this too specialised and might turn off other 3D guys?
Don't get me wrong, I am not the kind of person saying, that this or that software is better or more professional than the other one, I just feel, that people like me are not really represented here. This might also confuse potential clients for advertising on this website and therefor mainly Google ads have been running, which does not make heaps of money. We all have seen the revenue going down to very low levels, which was probably caused by the lack of advertisers. So where is this all going here? I think that we, the uploaders and the downloaders, deserve some more answers from the site-owners. We know, there have been probs with low-quality content, likely also copyrights, but what is exactly the goal for the future? This is, at least, what I am asking myself after the revenue sharing has been cancelled. It is six weeks ago now. I will now remove parts of my content, as a form of "protest" , because....I would like to know, what is the new concept for this website?