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"I believe that is why the name of this site is Renderosity COMMUNITY."

I remember a time when this site was called 'Renderosity ART Community'... long time ago ;o)
That was the time when good images by great photographers got lots of praise and attention, and bad images received a few constructive comments; not the other way around...
That was the time when we still HAD a fair amount of great photographers who were willing to make the effort to show their good works to the 'community'...

I'm sorry, but when I see a real bad image without even the least photographic or artistic merit or relevance receive 182 comments and 35 favorites, I can't help but feel embarrassed about this 'community'... Let an anonymous person post the same image and he/she will get one or two comments... Post this same image on a 'serious' photo site and you will get even less... And if you tell them that this image got 182 comments and 35 favorites on an 'ART Community' site, they will never believe you...

Just try to look at it in a purely objective way, like any 'outsider' would do:
you stumble upon this Renderosity Art Community site;
you enter the gallery;
you see a really good artistic photo;
you click on it and you see that it has 11 views and 4 comments;
next to it is an ordinary garden-like snapshot, the 'thirteen in a dozen' type;
your first impression is "what is this doing on an Art site?";
you click on that image and you see that it has 187 views, 62 comments and 17 favorites;
your eyes blink in disbelief and you go "Ughh...!? Did I miss something here?..."
you see other ordinary images, some get 2 comments, others get 86 comments;
you see other great images, some get 2 comments, others get 15 comments;
what you do next depends on the type of person you are:

1. you are more or less serious about fine artistic photography --> you keep away from this site
2. you think: "maybe I can get some results here if I make lots of friends; hell, I can make snapshots too" --> you join in the race

Feel free to disagree; this is a community after all ;o)

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