"I´m afraid, I have to agree with Andrea's on this one."

Awww! How depressing is that....that you actually feel you have to apologize for agreeing with me. :tt2: LOL.

About what you wrote Tom...about not having enough confidence in alot of your photos to NOT allow comments. I don´t think anyone of us rely on the comments to reassure us if we should post the photo or not. At least none of us should. It´s been said a thousand times over: People basically trade comments here. And i think we all know that people are rarely 100% honest in their comments anyway. So why read more into them than you should? If you´re happy with the photo...then post it. Don´t hold back or delete it because you´re worried it wont appeal to the crowd. I´m not whining about that or anything...that´s just the way it is here and that´s how it´s always been...and always will be. I have always been soooo grateful for every comment i´ve ever gotten....but i have never allowed them to get to my head as unfortunatly it has for some who get plenty of comments. Probably because i have also uploaded the same photos to pure photosites where i would get max 3-4 comments...and all of them saying how i should improve this or that....compared to the 60-70 gushing and praising comments i got here. And that is something i´ve always said....people should post their photos elsewhere as well to stay grounded. Maybe then we wouldn´t have the same level of arrogance here as we´ve gotten lately.

 I once did an experiment to prove this point to someone who felt he didn´t get "enough" comments. I explained that in order to get alot of comments you gotta be willing to make that effort yourself. So i re-uploaded a photo that was one of the first photos i ever posted at this site. Back then it got 3 comments.....but this time it got 65. And about that...what is "enough" comments anyway? The average number an image at RR gets is 8. And i know people who have deleted their uploads because they felt it deserved more than the 40 (!!!!) comments it got. How´s that for a slap in the face on those who get below average on their every upload? Not to mention on those who wasted their time to begin with by actually commenting on someone that ungrateful. Unfortunatly it is more about the quantity than the quality here. People actually copy and paste comments for god´s sake. Can someone honestly tell me they rely on that kind of comments when deciding if they should post a photo or not?

I just started uploading some of my photos to this "model-site" where people get up to 3-4000 viewings on their photos....but rarely more than 10-15 comments. Still i have yet to see anyone there complain or wonder how come they´re not getting more comments. So i don´t think "not allowing comments" here is such a strong position to take after all. Like i said in my previous reply.....i don´t miss comments because they validated my upload in any way...but i miss them only because they meant you were interacting with fellow members....and that i do indeed miss.

Oh...and if you don´t mind Chris...i´m very fond of pasta. So if ya could hook me up with some macaronies at least 4 nights a week...that´d be super! :thumbupboth:

Ooops...it seems me rambled on again. Me better go grab me some dinner before i head off to work. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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