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Seriously? Not AGAIN! -__-;; (Any advice please?)
13 years ago
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I'm really sorry everyone that you have to see this. I don't normally post any journals unless something I feel is really worth blowing up your guys' notifications. Let me just say, I am so very, VERY glad that FA does not have any kind of voting or rating system. Why? Because there is always going to be someone who abuses it, and trolls on it and give you a crappy rating just to be nasty. I literally poured a ton of feeling into my most recent picture, "Never Grow Up," and everyone else on my other accounts have really enjoyed it. Now, as someone who gets attached to my art, I am fully up for criticisms but there is a line. You do not give a bad rating to someone's art unless they really deserved it.
That being said, I have an account on SoFurry, and now, I'm raging but good. This must have been about the third or fourth time within the month some person has rated my pictures under a 3 star. For those who don't know, the rating system is out of 5 stars. This time, this person gave me a 2 star. Now, normally, I thank those who give me high votes, and ask for reasons and tips when someone give me a lower vote so that I can improve. I know my art is still not solidified and needs improvement. I'll be the first to admit that. But it's especially irritating when you can't tell who gave you the bad vote! Normally the vote and the user who gave it to you appear in your notifications, but this one person somehow eludes being brought up in any identifiable manner...
I want to scream! This is why I hate rating systems! If you're going to take a dump on my art FINE but you at least owe me a reason. I am a firm believer in constructive criticism, not, "Oh it's 4am and I have nothing better to do than to troll this artist and give them a low rating because it's not porn like I wanted! How dare they not post porn! I WANT PORN!" Just because it's a furry site, does not mean it has to be exclusively for animals and/or porn!
So I am asking anyone who has used SoFurry to help me out here. Has this happened to you? I'm sorry, but I know when my art is mediocre, decent, and good. I feel the picture in question was above a 2 star rating. Has anyone at all dealt with getting a low rating that was unjustified???
*Inhales slowly* I'm done now. I'm sorry. I am irritated, haha, I'm sure you guys can tell... Thanks for reading. Tell me what you think. Thanks everyone ^_^;;
That being said, I have an account on SoFurry, and now, I'm raging but good. This must have been about the third or fourth time within the month some person has rated my pictures under a 3 star. For those who don't know, the rating system is out of 5 stars. This time, this person gave me a 2 star. Now, normally, I thank those who give me high votes, and ask for reasons and tips when someone give me a lower vote so that I can improve. I know my art is still not solidified and needs improvement. I'll be the first to admit that. But it's especially irritating when you can't tell who gave you the bad vote! Normally the vote and the user who gave it to you appear in your notifications, but this one person somehow eludes being brought up in any identifiable manner...
I want to scream! This is why I hate rating systems! If you're going to take a dump on my art FINE but you at least owe me a reason. I am a firm believer in constructive criticism, not, "Oh it's 4am and I have nothing better to do than to troll this artist and give them a low rating because it's not porn like I wanted! How dare they not post porn! I WANT PORN!" Just because it's a furry site, does not mean it has to be exclusively for animals and/or porn!
So I am asking anyone who has used SoFurry to help me out here. Has this happened to you? I'm sorry, but I know when my art is mediocre, decent, and good. I feel the picture in question was above a 2 star rating. Has anyone at all dealt with getting a low rating that was unjustified???
*Inhales slowly* I'm done now. I'm sorry. I am irritated, haha, I'm sure you guys can tell... Thanks for reading. Tell me what you think. Thanks everyone ^_^;;
Unfortunately I do not have any perspective beyond what you wrote and my own thoughts, but there it is, my two cents
Only furry site I really made use of that had a rating system was FurryPlay for a while. I also used to go to many different forums but recently I've become sorta indifferent to that mode of communication. I've used a few of the *chans but not extensively, SlimeSalad.com and CastleParadox.com for games, YouTube...and that's pretty much it (a lot of places that are either gone now or didn't get enough use to be worth noting).
I considered using DeviantArt long before finding FA, but after reading its user agreement I decided I didn't want to.
Currently I use chatrooms, with a particular fondness for the Christian Furry Fellowship's chatroom.