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I find it weird that nowadays, the internet grows more and more anonymous and peoploe seem to forget how community building works.
I love to see how Weasyl is prospering as it is a great site. I only notice that I get little to no comments, here. Favs, yes, but comments? Zero. Maybe it's because my art is not inspirering enough, but I refuse to believe so. I receive less and less comments on FA as well, but Favs? I receive a lot of them, still. So maybe people just become... less talkative?
Not that I am not grateful for Favs! I appreciate all attention given to my art (if it's at least a little positive ;)
Anyhow! From now on I will give a comment to everybody who leaves a comment on my submissions! I will go to their gallery and pick at least one piece and say something nice about it.
Pretty much the only comments in my inbox are 'thank yous' from other people when I commented on their work. I tend to comment a lot because: You should do as you want to be treated.
Feel free to share or do the same. :)
Let's make this a good and lively art community!
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I don't feel bothered by nice comments or constructive criticism. If yomeone's just like: Hey, this is neat! I enjoy it and am grateful for the time someone took to even type something up. I do not have vast expectations of greatness or poetic value in comments. :) I honestly never thought anybody would... but apparently, this can be the case... It never occured to me.
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I understand, I usually feel the same way myself but I don't do very much art myself and the majority of what I post is commissioned pieces. I find it hard to strike a balance between saying something meaningful and saying nothing at all.
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I have noticed weasyl is being used as a gallery / repository because of superior organization tools by many I follow. They conduct all their chatter elsewhere. I think it unfortunate.
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Indeed, I love to communicate and bond with fellow artists and art appreciators, so I love to chatter! :)
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And it<s kind of sad, because Weasyl has a lot of tools to encourage community building. You can even browse for journals of all thing and discover new people not just because of what art they post but also for what they have to say.
I kind of find it sad whenever I fall upon a gallery where someone crossposted everything that they've ever drawn.... but never post a single journal to show they -really- are active on the site.
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true, indeed. I try not to flood my gallery, so I am still not done with 'cross posting' everything I still like from other galleries. But I have quite some journals! useful or not xD
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I have realized that most of my comments tend to be "wow, so pretty, love the details" because I have no idea what the person what to hear. Better safe then sorry. But it also means that I can come off as boring as fuck though... and that is also a problem for me. I'd rather save on my comments and say something more interesting to people I know will take it well.... and such. I also suck at expressing myself in general so... yeah.
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It's basically the same for me, but honestly? I don't seek exceptionally 'inspired' comments. I really think for what it's worhth... I like to express my gratitude and amazement when I really like a thing. I comment a lot on your gallery, I think, because I adore your style. If you feel particularly bothered by my uninspiredness, I am sorry. :< I only mean well...
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I was talking myself here. But I likes comments as much as the next person, be they a "so nice" or a whole paragraph or two long.
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Gotha, ok. I was afraid I bothered you already. It's good, this journal is the first real interaction I have with people on Weasyl, so I am already glad I created it. :) I will keep up commenting on your art then, thanks for sharing!
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I'm notoriously bad about this, my apologies. I do look at every piece you submit! I just so rarely comment, and I know that artists really appreciate feedback... I'll try to be better about it in future. :)
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I didn't want to guilt-trip anybody, sorry if it came across this way! I am sure people have reasons not to comment. I just pondered myself, if there might be good ones. I already saw that some people are afraid to bother with meaningless comments... something that would have never occured to me. But that's good! It's part of community building to learn about other people's thoughts and motifs. So comment whenever you like or not! I'll be grateful if you do, but I do not want people to comment just because they feel guilty if they don't.
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Ah, no, you didn't guilt-trip! Commenting is something I always intend to do but never get around to it, and I acknowledge that I'm bad about it. :) I should make an effort to do so more!
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Since moving from FA to Weasyl I've found myself commenting a LOT more. I dunno something about this site just makes me feel more comfortable about it I guess!
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that's awesome :) I just think not everybody does it this way!
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Personally I have the same "problem" as Anpumes. I look at every single piece of art and try to comment everything (or at least one of five if the person just uploaded his work of the last three years in an hour). If I notice I'm nearly the only one commenting however I start feeling like a stalker or someone who thinks if he comments enough he might "deserve" free art. I don't want to flood someone's gallery with "Wow, really nice! Awesome!"-comments, so I rather don't comment everything but every second or third picture e.g.
I don't get many comments either but I also don't have that much followers.
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yeah, I understand that, but on Weasyl, a lot of people are new, so they simply do not have any comments at all. ^^ Maybe just no one wants to start? I know you commented on some of my pictures, so thanks for that. =)
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I sort of notice the opposite happening, actually, where the numbers are smaller than they were on FA, but I'm getting just as many comments if not more. I think the Project Community initiative is helping a lot (you know, that thing where people are challeing themselves to make at least X comments a day, or at least comment more than usual, depending on time constraints/what they can do/etc.)
In fact, that's how I came along; I happened to see something of yours on the first page, thought "wow, that's really good," and ... well, if it were FA that thought would have been the end of it, but I am trying to do my part to comment more here, so I went ahead and said something. And that was before you posted this journal! (I do appreciate the added incentive going forward, though.)
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That's good to hear! Actually, that's brilliant! Keep up the good work, here. :) I will try to comment more, as well, like I said in this journal! I just realized that even 'big name' artists had little to no comments on a lot of their images, but that's probably because of the recent 'flooding'? I don't know!
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That truly is a most wonderful attitude!
Unfortunately from what I can tell there also are a lot of people who does not really appreciate comments. That got me frustrated often already, taking the time to write a constructive, nice comment about a picture and not even getting a reply. Personally that drove my desire to wildly write comments on random posts backwards-
I mean of course people don't always have time to reply to everything, but I also do know there are some who do not seem to care shrugs
In any way, this is still a wonderful attitude and I'll totally also have to do this!
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oh, it's sad that it got you discouraged. I, personally, do not expect a reply, but I sure like it when it happens. I also try to reply to all comments, even if sometimes it's just a 'thank you' because I don't know more to say. I might not always have the time to do it, but at least I try.
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Mhm! That's what I'm doing as well - for everyone whom takes the time to leave a comment on something from me I will also try to take the time to write a (at least simple) reply.
But I I also don't really have audience x)
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I would comment more and have commented quite a bit in the past however eight times out of ten I don't seem to get a reply. I understand people are busy and can't get to everybody or it takes them awhile, (I like to think I'm a rather patient person about waiting for something since a few months will go by before I wonder) but it just doesn't happen. So I feel as if I'm a nuisance or my appreciation of a piece of art goes unheard and shy away from saying anything at all. Of course I don't have the watchers I used to have back in high school (for various reasons resulting in me moving here to Weasyl) so in my eyes even views or a favorite means all the world to me.
I do look at all your submissions though and love them, hence my watching you to begin with. :D I'll try to make an effort to comment if that's really what you wish from me.
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It's not really about me wishing for comments. It's also about community building, getting to know each other, etc. But of course I love to communicate and get a little appreciation and also attention - I mean, recognition and attention for my work are important to me because ... if I only create art in a dark room for myself without sharing it, does it even exist? It does, yet, I really am not the kind of person who solely draws for themselves. I like to share and also make people happy with sharing and I want to tell a story with my pictures more than everything. If no one reads the story or is inspired by it, inspired enough to leave a comment and some thoughts, maybe? What good would it do? I don't think I am a attention whore, but yes. I do like to feel as if my art matters for someone else than me.
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I guess what I meant is how would I contribute to someone, especially a community when I feel like I'm overlooked you know? It's hard not to be self-centered, I'm sorry.
I'm the one that's an attention whore if anything xD but because I understand that most of all. I almost don't feel like my art matters at all to me if it doesn't to someone else. I actually stopped drawing for awhile and currently I'm struggling really hard to get back into it. I really want to thank you for your comments on my work. I'm glad no one can see me crying over the internet. lol Thank you for making this post, you have no idea how happy it made me, I'm glad I commented.-
You're more than welcome. You always have to keep in mind that others feel overlooked, too. That's why I am actually saying I want to share and comment on other's artwork as much as possible as well. Of course your art should mean something to yourself and not be solely based on other's reaction, but then again, I know how it feels to be extraordinary self-concious and never happy whith what you do and when you actually am happy with something - it gets no attention at all and you feel as if your work (and your opinion of it for that matter) are worthless.
Don't give up. I really hope you get into drawing again :)
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I try to comment on a number of works that come through but if all I can foresee myself saying is nice work, I usually don't bother. I know it is nice for people to see that others like there work enough to say so but at the same time, if I'm constantly commenting with only a couple of words, I start to feel as if I'm more of a nuisance than an encouragement. However, if I'm going to favor something, I make an additional effort to leave a meaningful comment. Just my two pennies... not worth much...