guarie opened this issue on Sep 16, 2002 ยท 21 posts
dialyn posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 11:59 AM
What would a person do if they wanted attention from this community and wanted to prove a point about having graphics here without artistic merit? Let's say this person has an agenda and has decided to make the community confirm that person's own opinion. Let's see. What would I do? Post hurtful and argumentative messages and lackluster art guaranteed to get a lot of hits because it features nudity. It's a person who knows how to market themselves and their ideas, and has no interest in the feelings of others or respecting other people's opinions. Ignoring the person would have been a good idea, but that wasn't going to happen. Pride in work was hurt. People's dignity was insulted. So the community reacts predictably. And the person is smug. And sucessful In fact too much attention has been paid to this one person, and not enough attention is paid to the fact that something amazing happens here...in a spirit of cooperation and creativity, people combine their talents to create amazing graphics. Some graphics here are the work of one person and one person alone, but what is truly striking to me is how many are created through the process, and how many people honor each other by giving credit for each other's contribution. At least I think it is amazing. And the person who doesn't appreciate how amazing it is probably isn't someone I have any respect for. And, yeah, that makes me a dork. I don't care.