On the first image that I posted in the Photography gallery, I got several comments that said: "If you leave comments, you will get comments back; that's how it goes, it's a sharing thing". So I tried to be a good 'sharing' member and started commenting like crazy. For a while I was one of the heaviest and most supportive commenters. And I got a fair share of comments back. Then I saw that some of the best images got almost no comments, while some of the worst got more than ten times as much. When I stumbled upon the best image ever uploaded on RR (IMHO), I was amazed that it only got four comments... I wrote this to someone, who replied: "Of course it's an excellent image, but how can that guy expect to get any comments if he never comments himself?" I'm afraid that this is the way it goes on RR... It's not about art; it's not about the quality of your work... It's as simple as this: if you leave more than 30 comments daily, you will get more than 30 comments back. Then you can post an image that your 2-year-old daughter took by accident, you will still get more than 30 comments. I have not one single doubt about that. Turn and toss it how you like... I don't think this is a very supportive way to improve one's work, or to improve the quality of the works in the gallery in general... And I believe that the quality in the RR photography gallery (and in the commenting) has become really very much below average... I wonder how that came about... Anyhow, I stopped commenting regularly and I saw the comments on my images drop accordingly. Now I see members commenting on every image around mine in the gallery, except mine. And of course I know why... but I have my ideas about that. After all, it's a sharing thing... Edit: I know this sounds harsh... I must add that this does not apply to all and everything; there are exceptions. It's not all that bad...

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ