Nearly every other thread's first posts can be summarized as "Hi! I'd like to sell {item}" or "Hi! I will soon have {item} for sale!", or "Hi! I made {item} and I want to know if it's good enough to sell..." or worst of all: "Hi! I'm new here and I'd like to start selling stuff... how do I do that?" These easily outnumber topics covering improvements on artwork, or how to push the app further than it has ever gone before.

We must not be looking at the same forum.  I'm here a lot, and I see an ocassional clueless newbie make a sword or a shield, and want to sell it...  I think I remember two or three in last 6 months. 
Also, there are several threads going right now about pushing the app, and I haven't seen any of the 'hi I wanna sell'
You're are really exagerrating. Sort of like seeing someone light a match, and calling for a firetruck, yelling I caught an arson.

Hi, my namez: "NO, Bad Kitteh, NO!"  Whaz yurs?
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