Re: Comment on comments (or lack of)

Posted by Thayne on 2008/9/3 0:58:28

Sorry Star, I disagree on "screw the hit count". Reguardless of whether they hate the pic or like it. They looked at it. 5000 hits and 2 comments doesn't bother me. I don't demand that every single person who looks at my stuff should comment. So I seperate the two.

Usually, when I look through my gallery. I look at my pics based on hits. I learned long ago that what you like and what your "fans" like can sometimes be far apart. So I like to evaluate that. For example: Of my original characters, my Firebird has always been that one character. Kinda like hawk's Winterhawk. But when I first started posting here, people completely ignored Firebird and focused on a space filler I didn't give two thoughts about named Bolt. Nobody said all that much in the comments, but I noticed the hit count AND the fact that STarchild and a couple others did manips with that character.

On the d**kmouth commenters. I said I respect people who have the knowledge to back up their comments. Those people I can learn from. The points where I get janitors and cops spitting on my work...... Well, as per the norm here at HM, I am a smart ass. So I'll leave messages in my art if someone erks me that much. Or maybe hijack your thread and talk about something completely unrelated to your original purpose.

As for that comment about working toward that ONE comment that says aye and his work is done....... That sounds like a holy grail type thing. I think the deal is that the bad always outweighs the good. That's what bothers people so much. They always focus on the negative and overlook the positive. One bad comment can outweigh 10 good ones.

.....sorry if I'm rambling. it's 3am here.