Not to throw fuel on this burning stupidity, but what a load of shit. I haven’t ‘been’ here long, but have read a while before, and I’ve seen how things work. There are some valid points in there, but that’s not the way to make them.
Granted, people get replies based on ‘rep’. But it’s usually earned rep, and the way people get a rep is to do good work and not be a jerk…a lot of people ‘know’ each other also from posting in each other’s 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 don’t know, and maybe post to encourage them. While this can lead to threads dropping back that deserve to be looked at, I don’t think this is the popular people’s fault, and I don’t see a need to bitch in this fashion and deride their artistic ability. Saying anyone gets posts because they’re a mod is ridiculous too, because usually someone becomes a mod after they’re known here, or post a lot, so the same thing applies.
There are over 200 entries this time, and it’s nearly impossible to see them all. I do try and make an effort, but it’s ludicrous at this point. I haven’t even had time to work on my own thread (hence it’s 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 I’ve 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 people’s threads that you’ve seen before. I really don’t think there’s any way to have some kind of ‘ultra-objective’ hippie commune when there’s 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. (‘you’ meaning anyone, not you specifically.) People are strange.
All that said, there are some one-line-gushing-post epidemics at times, but that’s just how it is…unless there’s a huge moderator timesink, I don’t see a way around it. Some of the Wip/Gallery stuff has been royally hosed because of people going back months and posting “that’s cool!!” 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 ‘serious’ and ‘pro’ forum just the same.
Anyway, it’s 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 I’d say my bit. Whatever.
