Geoegress writes: "Validity is earned either by as said- time on site- having the balls to put yourself out there and post a pic, even if it's only one.- by being an active and interactive member of this community. Period." Again I disagree. Validity is entirely determined by the comment itself. If it's a negative, spiteful attack, it doesn't matter if it comes from someone who's posted a stackload of stuff, and if it's calm, reasoned criticism it can come from the newest member (who may still happen to be a major artist in conventional media). It just happens to be more likely, statistically, that troll attacks are made by people with no history in this community (others know better or have left). Therefore, in checking the credentials of someone posting a troll attack one may confirm one's suspicions that this is the case once again. But posting or not posting a picture to any gallery in no way gives you more or less credentials for making reasoned comment.