When I joined this site 2 and a half years ago, I was new to 3D art, and thought this was a cool place. But in that time I have learned that most "artists" online are self-indulgent and hateful, and this site nutures that. This site also keeps getting worse as far as performance. I stopped buying from the marketplace 18 months ago, and now this site is much slower  (I have cable internet service) than when I first joined and had dialup.  I only come here every now and then to see some of the art that's worth looking at, which seems to be getting more scarce. It's hardly worth it.  Has anyone else noticed these things?