I get the feeling sometimes that people Unwatch me because they think I'm being rude by not watching them back. I don't return Watches because I'm compulsive; if I see a list of notices, I'm going to feel compelled to go through every last one of them. Some artists that I would fave can churn out a TON of artwork in a short time, and so can many of the people who are Watching me. I only look at this thing every so often, so if I come back and see hundreds or thousands of notices, I'm going to feel overwhelmed and waste all day looking through them.

I don't Watch for the sake of my own sanity; if I like your stuff - and I normally do when your Watch comes to my notice - I'll drop in from time to time and scope out your FA, informally. That's just how I roll. I'll also check out your Faves because those artists also catch my eye. I just don't Watch because I can't keep up with all those notices; it's not personal, Sonny, it's just business.

You'll also notice that I don't Fave anything, either; I don't want to have to keep up with all that, and if I really like a pic of yours, I'll actually save it to my hard drive and look at it later, usually when I'm searching for references and inspiration. Again, nothing personal, and I keep a separate archive of those things that I "Fave" by saving them.

It's just my personal policy: no Faves, no Watches, only Saves.

For what it's worth, there are a few other artists out there who follow similar policies of No Fave, No Watch. Same thing with Twitter.