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Lets talk about Comments & Favs

Fri Jun 1, 2007, 7:48 PM
Okay during my entire hiatus I've seen seen numours people complain and bitch that they MUST demand that when people only fav, they must also comment as well...

ok first, back the hell off
My first year on DA people kept saying no one worded, or pointless comments like "kawaii" or anything remortely obvious stating towards the pic, now I see this, and I never argue, because its pointless to see it through my eyes why I rarely comment

Here are my reasons why I don't comment:

1. 60% to 70% of the time the artist never responds back = wasted time
2. When some ask for critiques, I'm just fuckin cluess most of the time, unless its an OBVIOUS mistake, to anyone, since I don't consider myself an artist, I don't comprehend anything related to colors, lighting, shading, or (human) Anatomy (I am however studying Mecha Anatomy)
3. Most of the time I'm not ever gonna know what to say, when I see a pic I like, but not "love" I just think it "Its looks cute, seems favable" now if I said that to every pic I faved, it'll just be an insult to the artist, and If I just said, " I like it, I'm faving this" it just gets boring, and repeatitive, better off not commenting at all
4. People who MOVE TO NEW ACCOUTS!!! Honestly, I've never understood why the hell people do these stupid things, If you feel like starting over, give a 3-5 day warning to your watchers, and delete your gallery ( or better yet throw'em in storage or in the scraps), and if its about your icon name, just get over it, you chose it in the beginning in the first place, stick with it, use your sig to let others know what you wanna be called
5. But the most of all its the time, if your confused, go here [link] , and look at how many people I watch, and yes I know its ridiculous, but I can't help it over 3000 people, I get probably 200 to 300 pics a day, and it just gets fuckin fustrating, and tiring everytime when you clear your devwatch, and it never stays at 0 for even 20 damn minutes! >.< ~sighs~ I know I should get rid of alotta people in my watchlist, but thats tough the least I could be happy about is that probably 1/3 of that list are people who ever SWITCHED galleries, or DOUBLED them, or people who either left DA, or just got banned, the point is going through the watch eats aloota my time, and commenting would just make it worse,

And I know, I know people work hard on their art, but thats the thing, I don't consider myself an artist, so I really don't require feedback, if people fav my work, hell at least I made some people happy by showing it here, if I get comments thats cool to, but it dosen't make a difference to me, as long as I just show the characters I've always wanted to show into this reailty as anyway possible, airgo DA the second reason why I made an account in the first place, as long as my characters are shown here in place they can bee seen by others wordwide, the point of exsistance is all I call for

However, I WILL comment under these conditions:

1. If they're someone who I've known, or know in RL
2. Some who have been long time watchers and supposrters
3. Art I "love" meaning mostly special fanart, or certain fetish art...and sometimes fanserivce stuff XD
4. I'll always comment on Requests that have been taken from me, I'm not a total asshole XD
5. I'll comment if I'm confused about a pic I'm really intrested in (mostly mecha)
6. maybe if I'm in a fresh mood and the pic is new with no comments, I probably will give one

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:iconjudith3000us:
hmmm i was having problems with one person he was conplaining to me that i always fav his stuff but i never leave a comment to him o.O

his girlfriend is a friend of mine and explained to him that a fav is actually good because it means u like their art :paranoid: but i mean is something u supposed to know by now

I dont conplain i feel happy if they fav my stuff

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:iconkoku-chan:
Personally: I'm happy as a clam to get a fav and a comment is merely icing on the cake. there was one DA'r I was watching who had really great work; but in her journal, all she did was bitch, bitch, bitch about people faving without comment. This DA had about elevently billion hits. I was so exasperated at her gall I dropped my watch on her.

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:iconblanke:
Don't worry about it. I know that commenting just doesn't work for some people. Those brats that want a comment AND favorite are just being ungrateful. You should be grateful for either one, they're both equally valid ways to show appreciation for something that somebody worked hard on.

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:iconangel-fox-crescent:
Alright fine but I am not a brat thank you I am far refined then that.

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Angel-FoX says :+favlove: please add a comment
its not much to ask, you give a little you get a little :shamrock:

:iconfurrynuzzleplz: power ups to the kawaii!
:iconaoikita:
I totally agree with the artists rarely replying thing, and repetitive commenting becoming a pain.....Ive been a first among 10 people to comment in a decent, replyable fashion or asked a fair question, and they never replied. I commented and faved works, and still...no reply. I dont go for that "too popular and busy thing", because I see them only replying to like 3 certain ppl, and ignoring everyone else.

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:icon-babykefka-:
not everyone is like that though. Just because a few people have shunned you when you comment, doesn't mean others will treat the same way. I've left long comments on stuff and got ignored, but the fact I left the comment PERIOD makes me feel like I did something kind and constructive. Just because the artist didn't respond doesn't mean they weren't happy to recieve the comment
:icon-babykefka-:
I like comments. I'd rather have 1 comment over 20 favorites. if that makes me a brat or ungrateful then so be it


they are NOT (totally stressing the NOT ) both equally valid. When you see someone put your art in favorites and then instantly put a stick figure SCRIBBLE of the same character in favorites afterwards you realize..they don't give a shit about your art they just wanted more of that characters in their favorites gallery. Favs have lost their value...completely -.- You can argue, but that's my opinion. People that add more than 20 pics to favorites a day are not giving a shit about the art. Leaving a comment shows that they CARED about your artworks longer than the 3 seconds it took to press 'add to favorites' and leave
:icon-babykefka-:
I don't see how anyone on this site can consider a fav being better than a comment. This day and age, a +fav means that someone looked at your picture for 3 seconds, noticed it has the color green, or a pony, or the Naruto swirly symbol and decided "oh I gonna fave it!" then they find the shittiest thing that has a color green too and they fave that too. There's too many people like this anymore, so favs don't mean HORSE SHIT. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, but I probably bitch about comments just as much as the girl you dropped watch on. Page views and +favs USED to mean something on deviantart. They don't anymore
:iconkoku-chan:
You're right, there is a plethora of Fav hacks and it would be nice to get more comments on something someone has fav'd, though I'm not going to complain when someone favs me, though Spam favs CAN be a little irritating. I'd at least like to get a note or comment per group as in, 'Love your stuff! Excuse the spam-fav!" or somesuch. Oh well~

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But...teach a man to fish...
And he will be mad that you stopped giving him fish!
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