I have gone through most of my life with never more than a handful of friends. Unlike family, you can choose your friends. It's better to have a few good friends than a boatload of fare weather friends.

My observation has been, view others work, find the ones you like, add them to you favorite artist list by clicking on the "Add To My Favorites" on the page with the gallery image. You will then get an ebot every time that person posts an image to the gallery.

Answer every last one of them and post a comment. Laws of averages and the competitive mindset combined will get you all the fare weather friends you want.

There are artists who can take a picture of their desktop, post it to the gallery, and get 50 comments, all with "Excellent" ratings.

This same artist then spends the rest of his day on-line commenting on everyone's gallery...

If you have not done so already, go back into your gallery and add the names of everyone who has made a comment about your images to your "Favorite Artist List" and comment on all their ebots you get in your email. It works just like buying a round at the bar...

Yank My Doodle, It's a Dandy!