To comment or not to comment...tha´s the question :,

<br /><b> There is a problem to the comments... </b> <br /> <br />For example, Greytata and alfa30 are sharing with us GREAT photos, 95% of their photos are great! <br /> <br />Someone can start commenting to these works writing something like: Great shot, excellent capture, beautiful photo etc etc <br />Those authors in the example are very productive too, about 1 photo every other day or everyday. <br />So here comes the problem: <br />The commenter after many same style comments gets tired to keep commenting saying the same things all the time and stops his comments... <br />The problem is not for the commenter, but for the author who doesn&acute;t get the comments that his work deserves and maybe he gets disappointed and stops uploading... <br />Imagine one of the above authors how they going to feel if one day see their works having no comments at all... the first logical reaction is to stop sharing their works, they have no reason to upload without having any feedback... <br /> <br />In this case the only satisfaction that the author receives is the number of downloads. <br />

Well that&acute;s a constructive comment Nikos :D . <br /> <br />To be honest with you I don&acute;t mind negative criticism, as long as it makes a valid point that I can learn from and hopefully use to improve my future output ( heck I don&acute;t expect everyone to like my work... that would be boring )... rude comments I can live without. <br /> <br />I try to comment on a couple of pieces of work each day, but it is true to say that they are pieces that catch my eye... and they are therefore things that I&acute;m probably going to like anyway. <br />However I&acute;m wary of what I say these days... I once made a genuine criticism ( but I thought a valid one ) of something on DA and the guy gave me grief for weeks after ~ flaming my inbox relentlessly. <br /> <br />I guess after a while online you figure out who you can converse with, and ( sadly ) who you should avoid. <br /> <br />PS. Can one of you help me out with the sig problem? ( HaHa! what a cheat )... why isn&acute;t the code behaving itself? <br />

I think most people comment on those things that catch their eye in the thumbnail. That&acute;s a good thing but what happens to those great images that need to be seen full size? I would hate to think somebody would stop uploading because of no comments. When I first started uploading here, you saw very few comments on anything. Anything that helps an artist improve or grow I would think would be appreciated but like mickeblue I too have become very careful what I say. <br /> <br />ps. mickelblue, as soon as I get Greg online I will ask.

Hey hey, I agree with Nikos but bear in mind that, with or without comments...I won&acute;t leave SB. After almost two years absent from here, why I have returned? Mainly because this is a great comunity. As Mary says - thanks Mary and all, by the way - criticism if well made and written, can be a big help for the artist. Otherwise, no use to make any critique, only for the pleasure of destruction or only for the pleasure (?) of being nice. One thing is , we - Skinbasers ( artists of all kinds ) - sometimes are not able to pass our message/moods/feelings/artistry through our works and we can be misunderstood by others. This has nothing to do about being commented - good or not as good - by others. I truly think that, besides sharing, we have with each others, a certain level of obligation - probably I am using the wrong words - to say between us, where we can improve, etc etc. As Sally says and Mickeblue as well, there are works that are eyecatching, depending on personal taste, thus a good target to comment about. The problem is - or it is not a problem at all - when we feel that we should transmit to the author, our sincere feelings and opinions about a particular work, just because, we comentators - and artists as well - might be misunderstood as well. It&acute;s a difficult world. Let&acute;s go have 🍺 or maybe a ☕

i think exactly like Greytata and i believe that we can help together with comments , we can use comments for improve our works , most of comment have a same object like : very nice , fantastic , great photo and ... , i think it`s fantastic and most of the times is real <br /> <br />Don`t think that your comment maybe make the author sad ! it`s comment so it must have some point for improve work ! <br /> <br />at end i think all comments are good , i don`t khow about others but even one comments about my work make me too glad cause i khow it`s interesting for someone from somewhere and i will be more happy when i see someone tell me where are my mistakes ! cause i can`t found them cause i can`t see them ;)

While I agree partly with Nikos , commenting for me is a courtesy. If someone takes the time and effort to leave a comment on my work then ,for me, it is a matter of simple courtesy to return the favour on their work. Comments whilst a welcome sight on my works is not the sole reason why I upload and share. I upload for many reasons. Personal satisfaction of allowing others to get the same joy of seeing my work that I am proud of and to see how well it is recieved and to get a rough guage as to its popularity. Way back at the beginning I was badgered for months by people to put my work up on the internet. At the time I never saw it as good enough. I still recall the response I got on my first ever piece and I was speechless that people were so praiseworthy of my work. At that time I was in serious need of a self esteem boost and it went a long way to building confidence that through circumstance and events had been shattered. Today I share my work not solely to recieve comments but simply to share. I comment out of common courtesy and to give back to the community what they gave me at the beginning and I encourage newcomers who have found the courage as I did at the beginning to post their work and pass on the knowledge I have learnt. Just because GT and Alfa are good at what they do and produce in general first class work doesn&acute;t mean they are any different to anyone else. We all need contact and we all need friends and we all need a sense of belonging and fellowship and that can only come from interaction. :congrats 😎 ;)

I sometimes let myself fall victim to comments left on my works. I even deleted my gallery yesterday after a combination of letting my mind &acute;ponder&acute; on some comments given me and personal differences at home. I shouldn&acute;t really care what someone else &acute;sees&acute; in my work. After all, it&acute;s there right to view things in their own perspective. I have enjoyed uploading here on SkinBase.org and hope to do so in the days to come. My mamma always said if ya caint (can&acute;t, cannot) say nothing good about something don&acute;t say nothing at all. I leave you all to ponder on that one.:lol As for me, I&acute;m doing alright and shouldn&acute;t complain, life&acute;s been good to me so far. <br />Later on,

I upload work here to SHARE...for people to enjoy it, reject it, feel horrified by it, in short to get an emotional feeling. I mostly try not to fall into a repitition of a work when it is popular, I move on and try something different. Comments to me are a good bonus, but the genuine ones mostly tell you more than: great work etc, they tell you also WHY. Those comments however are very scarce and therefore all the more precious. The difficulty with constructive criticism is that you have to have established a relationship, it&acute;s much harder to accept harsh criticism from someone you don&acute;t know, especially if you do not see what he/she is aiming at.

Always a good topic. Trying to stick a link here to a recent poll related to that for further opinions <br /> <br />http://www.skinbase.org/voteres.php <br /> <br />Right now that leads to the current poll which is a different topic, but on the top of that page you can select other polls and click view. Select topic COMMENTS SHOULD BE for seeing it <br /> <br />

Well , I think that this thread is leading us to a more objective point, which is: everybody, in a way or the other, wants and like to be accepted and understood by others. It&acute;s an human need. I have no doubt on that. Also, and although I agree with Iain,Jacob , Tommy and Toby, I think that a true relationship - even an ineternet relation like we have - must be based on truth, honesty and a certain way of being well behaved and educated. We - and I believe that most of us do that - cannot hide behind a keyboard and a monitor and say whatever we want, with disrespect for others or others work. As Tommy says, if we do not want or have to say a good thing about something, probably the best attitude is to keep the mouth shut, or - and I truly believe on that - we should say it in a kind and educated manner. I told yesterday to one of the participants of this thread that we all are sensitive people, otherwise we would not be artists, would we? So, let&acute;s bear in mind this - we all are sensitive persons - and continue to be the SB&acute;s comunity we are and of which I am proud to be a member. Thanks to all. Let&acute;s go to have a ☕ :Happy :congrats

Even a &quot;NICE&quot; from anybody shows an author their collection is getting seen. That kinda sums it up. When some newbie says &quot;nice&quot; thats a step forward for him/her just as we were once newbies. Then you feel compelled to go look at what they are up to and leave comments. I&acute;m sure it makes their day too. Plain to the point: cool