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So, been wanting to write one of these for a long time, i have made journals regarding this subject before.

So, Basically what i want to say is that people should show more support to the people who upload free-to-use stuff on this site.
Icons, wallpapers, themes, stocks, all free to use, all they ask for is a thanks or a fav if you use it, and they hardly get any!

I am not sure why it is like this, but it seems to be a common thing, in all these customize sections.

Just now i saw a wallpaper with 2000 downloads and 28 faves, 10 comments.

I see icons with 70 000 views, thousands of downloads, and 80+- faves.

Many of them write in the artist comment; "please show your support"
and we should!

Why should people who work hard for others keep on doing it if we can`t take a few sec to write thanks or a half sec to fav if we use or like it.

You can find things, legal, free, all they ask is some sort of reply, show your support and change this.

Thank you for reading :heart:

*i don`t upload things to that section, so i am not writing this for me, but for the general irritation*
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:iconjiejen237:
I usually comment on the art before faving it, though sometimes it's hard to think of something to say, and putting "LoL" is not good enough even though when I saw the art, "LoL" is the first thing that came to mind...
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:iconespada0doug:
I absolutely agree with the article.
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:icon0rpheo:
~0rpheo Sep 29, 2010  Professional General Artist
Your signature hurts to read.
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:iconespada0doug:
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:icon0rpheo:
~0rpheo Sep 29, 2010  Professional General Artist
Please use ellipsis correctly.
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:iconhardrockangel:
`Hardrockangel Sep 7, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Agreed! What irks me the most is not when they don't fave or comment though, but when they forget to give credit. ^^;

I have made some free to use icons and all I ask of the people that use them is to put in their signature who made them. Still, lots of people forget or ignore the artists's comment section. It's just not right I think, because I put my time into making them and they can't even be bothered to let other people know where they found their avatar. :shrug:
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:iconyondita:
Mood: Joy ~Yondita Aug 29, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Agree! You can said that even MILLION TIME!
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:icongisapizzatto:
=GisaPizzatto Aug 6, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
featured: [link] !!!!!!!!
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:icongrokenos82:
~Grokenos82 Aug 5, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Please look:
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the most inexplicable:
more downloads than views o.O

and the worst:
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and a few from some of my friends and people I watch:
From Ironf-Fox:
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not as bad as the other two...

From cl0ckw0rked:
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and the grand finale:
IAmWhoWasNot
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I'dd put more down but I don't have enough time ^^;

Now... I know I'm not that great an artist, but I do want people to know about me, comment about my work and help me improve my work, especially since I don't get many visitors.
I can't stand it when people copy stuff without telling the artist what they think about or faving it...
And I think it's a shame when thousands come to look at something you've created and say nothing
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:icondaydreammagnificence:
*DaydreamMagnificence Aug 4, 2010  Student Photographer
I totally agree, but just understand as well, there are a lot of people that find our art via Google, and don't have accounts nor want to make one, they just want whatever it is they came looking, so I get that too. All I can say is, be gracious for what you're given, and let that be enough :D
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