Quote - I am also one who does not comment on every image. I look at them all, but I only comment when I have something to say that I think is helpful. 

Exactly. There is no reason to feel obligated to comment on every single gallery upload made by someone who is part of this group. As someone said, you don't reply to every single thread or post created in the forums because you are a member of the Renderosity community.  This group should be treated the same way. Comment  only when you have something constructive to say about the image and try and give a suggestion on how to fix it.  If you look at an image and don't see anything wrong, or you feel that it's not to your taste etc, then close the window and don't comment.

This isn't a popularity contest to generate comments. In fact I am quite dismayed to see people commenting on every image whether they have something constructive to say or not. In a way it's defeating the entire purpose of getting meaningful comments.

Comments such as "I don't know this program so I can't give critique" or "This genre isn't to my taste, so I won't give critique"  is pointless and should be refrained from being made, because as I said this isn't about generating comments for the gallery images, it's about helping give some insight to helping the person get better in their art.

In fact I have decided that as soon as I see comments by the artists that say something along the lines of  "Just playing...."  or  "Just threw this together to get something up into the gallery...."   that I won't be making a comment.  In fact I feel that those images should not havea  comment box attached to them.  I will only be commenting on serious attempts as should we all.    So please keep that in mind when you are uploading.

If you are 'slapping something together " or  "just playing around" and uploading something because you feel you need to meet a quoat, to me that is not a serious attempt at anything and does not warrant comments from members of this group IMHO.

Sorry to be harsh, but I'm seeing more and more frivilous comments and uploads and I'm getting dismayed because it seems that some are treating this more like a popularity contest to generate comments than anything else. 

I really think that there should be some ground rules in place about this other than to be respectful when you do comment.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi