You're right Nancy, but I personally ignore status. I don't tell people with no galleries that they have no business judging art either. The mentality of Stranger as Outsider or Enemy is one of the weakest stances in socialising that I know of.

Just because you don't know someone or don't know what they've done, it does not equate to evil motives, inexperience or lack of contribution. The lack of knowlege is on the part of the person or persons who isn't informed but making judgement calls regardless of their own knowlege of the situation. That's why that "What have you done for Poser today" remark was so uncalled for. That person obviously wasn't aware of what I've contributed and that's their failing for not looking into it before judging my contribution.

I'm sure that I only know a small percentage of the contributors to this community and only those who focus on areas like Sci-Fi, Fantasy and the Poser default figures that I'm interested in personally. That doesn't make others contributions less valuable just because I personally don't know what they are. I just don't see it as pertinant though. It's a red herring used to judge a penguin's value by as far as I'm concerned.