Oh yea, if i get some random friendly comment, ill look at there page and see a dozen same day "thank you" responses. And just flat out ignore it. It already feels sort of cheap and spammy for me. And its just a way to flow people to there page, didn't know some people would use that for more nefarious reasons (outside of just trying to get traffic) but it makes sense.

Yea it just feels fake. I really dislike people who are nice just to get something outta you :|

Same, it genuinely offends me.

And I've had a small artist ask me "Hey I'm struggling could you buy a commission from me?" No veil, no sweet talk. And I'm like "SURE!" Because they were upfront with me.

But people are gonna be gullible to these bad actors and like... its just gonna continue unless people wise up to it.

Doesn't help the fact that artists love surrounding themselves in braindead boot lickers.

Everyone does, not just artists.

Yes it's a familiar situation to me x)
Several years ago I worked with such scammer. I did complex art for about 3$ :D

jc why so low?

I'm from Russia. In our country, drawing is not regarded as a full-fledged work, so it is normal to refuse to pay for it х)

that is so messed up!
clever on a scammers part
but fucked up!

It is people like this that make me genuinely terrified to be nice :c

I didn't know this is a thing! D: I'm still new to Furaffinity, by a few months. I'm not an artist. I just love looking at different adopts, ychs, and stuff. I will admit, my comments can be abit repetitive. Like "This is cute!", "oh my! 0///0", and such. ;^;