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Volume v gratitude v entitlement
13 years ago
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Always open for commissions. Stream:http://piczel.tv/watch/Foxena
So a friend of mine alerted me to a nasty new trend that's been coming over some of my friends pages. NORMALLY I wouldn't care because i find this hilariously petty. But when it upsets my friends I have to take a step back and think "okay... thats not.... cool."
I know some artists CAN and DO do this and i admire them for it, I alas cannot keep up with it I have alot to do every day and preacious little time to myself. What am I talking about?
Thanking people for favs/watches/comments. Wish I could really, but I get such a VOLUME of people most days i just don't think of it as a big deal, I love all my watchers and i appreciate it when I get them and favs and comments and If i feel particularly lovey dovey i may make a journal spreading the love for all my watchers.
HOWEVER. you take it into douchbag territory if you expect to be thanked/watched back for every single fav/comment/watch you receive, if you take it a step futher and leave A NOTE telling the artist/commisisoner whatever that the SOLE REASON you unwatched/unfaved/hid a comment was because they didn't respond in kind.
...... ENTITLEMENT MUCH? We as artists LOVE getting comments/favs/watchers. but if your ONLY faving, commenting, or watchng someone to get attention for yourself, your doing it for the wrong reasons. If you are THAT self centered that you think you're doing an artist a collossal favor by +faving a peice of this your sorely mistaken and it makes you look like a petulant child when you demand thanks for something that hundreds of people have done before and not been thanked for and hundrends if not thousands will do afterward and get the same lack of response.
I'll continue to do my best and thank when i can but hinging your interaction with an artist based on something like that when most of us have lives outside the internet (legasp) it a little silly and immature. If you really care about the artist and REALLY want to be thanked for your contribution to thier gallery, why not commission them or bring them some business if they're one of the ones who do art for a living? that way you'll get a truely GENUINE thanks and not one that is borne out of pure obligations of trying to pander to adult children with entitlement issues.
yes expect a crazy people out of this one
I know some artists CAN and DO do this and i admire them for it, I alas cannot keep up with it I have alot to do every day and preacious little time to myself. What am I talking about?
Thanking people for favs/watches/comments. Wish I could really, but I get such a VOLUME of people most days i just don't think of it as a big deal, I love all my watchers and i appreciate it when I get them and favs and comments and If i feel particularly lovey dovey i may make a journal spreading the love for all my watchers.
HOWEVER. you take it into douchbag territory if you expect to be thanked/watched back for every single fav/comment/watch you receive, if you take it a step futher and leave A NOTE telling the artist/commisisoner whatever that the SOLE REASON you unwatched/unfaved/hid a comment was because they didn't respond in kind.
...... ENTITLEMENT MUCH? We as artists LOVE getting comments/favs/watchers. but if your ONLY faving, commenting, or watchng someone to get attention for yourself, your doing it for the wrong reasons. If you are THAT self centered that you think you're doing an artist a collossal favor by +faving a peice of this your sorely mistaken and it makes you look like a petulant child when you demand thanks for something that hundreds of people have done before and not been thanked for and hundrends if not thousands will do afterward and get the same lack of response.
I'll continue to do my best and thank when i can but hinging your interaction with an artist based on something like that when most of us have lives outside the internet (legasp) it a little silly and immature. If you really care about the artist and REALLY want to be thanked for your contribution to thier gallery, why not commission them or bring them some business if they're one of the ones who do art for a living? that way you'll get a truely GENUINE thanks and not one that is borne out of pure obligations of trying to pander to adult children with entitlement issues.
yes expect a crazy people out of this one
Second... I prefer my shouts page hold meaningful stuff. It's a CHORE to clean up "thankeeeee!"es.
If I fave something it's cause I wanna be able to see it again cause i love it and that should be the reason you fave something
Much love to ya lady. Tell it like it is! You're singing to my tune now! :D
And I've had this happen too as I mentioned in your stream that people unfav things because I didn't send them a thanks for it, and even been sent notes telling me that...
It's kinda sad that people would only favorite something in order to recieve thanks, rather than that they enjoyed the artwork.
Leaving me to conclude, once again . . . I should stop posting work on FA and just share it out to friends privately.
I am myself and if people like me they will watch. If people met me they will most likely watch and watch back. I'd be more than happy to watch someone I found to be interesting or that I have met.
I know some probably have hundreds of new journals and submissions. I am still new and find some days 10-12 can be enough to make me scan through them. I don't mind reading but again I'm not going to comment on all.
I'd do my best for those I know to comment or in this case feel like a response is good to add.
I'm an older fur so maybe it is a maturity thing that has bled over from MySpace days.
If I ever start, anyone has permission to verbally slap me on FA that I have become crazy.