Not to throw fuel on this burning stupidity, but what a load of shit. I havenāt ābeenā here long, but have read a while before, and Iāve seen how things work. There are some valid points in there, but thatās not the way to make them.
Granted, people get replies based on ārepā. But itās usually earned rep, and the way people get a rep is to do good work and not be a jerkā¦a lot of people āknowā each other also from posting in each otherās threads or etc. over time and tend to go check out what their friends or people whose work they admire are doing before people they donāt know, and maybe post to encourage them. While this can lead to threads dropping back that deserve to be looked at, I donāt think this is the popular peopleās fault, and I donāt see a need to bitch in this fashion and deride their artistic ability. Saying anyone gets posts because theyāre a mod is ridiculous too, because usually someone becomes a mod after theyāre known here, or post a lot, so the same thing applies.
There are over 200 entries this time, and itās nearly impossible to see them all. I do try and make an effort, but itās ludicrous at this point. I havenāt even had time to work on my own thread (hence itās on page 80). The same thing happens in the WIP forum, the Gallery forum, etc. there are so many threads and images and people, how can they possibly all get equal attention? The only way Iāve seen threads stay alive and at the top is if a lot of people post in them, or the thread starter updates/replies all the time. The more updates, the more views, the more chance people see it, the more comments, etc. that seems the only way to survive. Because of this huge signal to noise ratio, you tend to gravitate towards peopleās threads that youāve seen before. I really donāt think thereās any way to have some kind of āultra-objectiveā hippie commune when thereās human beings involved, people are made to sort things in that fashion automatically. I think you just have to take the whatever-you-consider-good with whatever-you-consider-bad. (āyouā meaning anyone, not you specifically.) People are strange.
All that said, there are some one-line-gushing-post epidemics at times, but thatās just how it isā¦unless thereās a huge moderator timesink, I donāt see a way around it. Some of the Wip/Gallery stuff has been royally hosed because of people going back months and posting āthatās cool!!ā in 5 star threads that already had hundreds of replies. It makes no sense. But, wtf. As said, the objective is to be entertained, inspired, learn, and why not keep it fun?. People get silly and joke around or are over-enthusiastic, personality comes into play too. I still consider this a āseriousā and āproā forum just the same.
Anyway, itās probably too early for me to be writing like this, I should have some caffeine, but have seen lots of posts, and lots of posts like this, and figured Iād say my bit. Whatever.
Maybe i need some boobies on my character! Cudos to Zr0-1 for all his posts, i believe he has replied to everyones thread.
