"I don’t seek approval. For me, if I like a picture it’s a good picture" is a good way to live by, Olli :)
I've posted my photos on 500PX, DeviantArt and probably some others I long forgot before, but it never really did anything for me. It was nice if someone actually wrote a comment, but after a while they where nothing more than a "cool pic!" type of response. Hardly any better than a Like or Star or Heart.
I no longer do Likes and Hearts and whatnot. Doesn't mean I didn't like what I saw, but if I want to show my appreciation or have something I want to share, I write a comment.
You are right about the comments. Constructive engagement would be great but most of the tie it is as you say, 'cool pic' or 'great capture'. It's nice that people even make the effort to do that much, but I think it also reflects that a lot of us don't really know how to talk about photographs.
A bit of nuance maybe, I appreciate every comment from a real person 🙂 But these sites back then (maybe now even more?) where flooded with spam bots writing the same short comments it was sometimes difficult to see the genuine ones in between as well.
"I don’t seek approval. For me, if I like a picture it’s a good picture" is a good way to live by, Olli :)
I've posted my photos on 500PX, DeviantArt and probably some others I long forgot before, but it never really did anything for me. It was nice if someone actually wrote a comment, but after a while they where nothing more than a "cool pic!" type of response. Hardly any better than a Like or Star or Heart.
I no longer do Likes and Hearts and whatnot. Doesn't mean I didn't like what I saw, but if I want to show my appreciation or have something I want to share, I write a comment.
You are right about the comments. Constructive engagement would be great but most of the tie it is as you say, 'cool pic' or 'great capture'. It's nice that people even make the effort to do that much, but I think it also reflects that a lot of us don't really know how to talk about photographs.
A bit of nuance maybe, I appreciate every comment from a real person 🙂 But these sites back then (maybe now even more?) where flooded with spam bots writing the same short comments it was sometimes difficult to see the genuine ones in between as well.
Very helpful for one's own self worth and less annoying
Thanks Grizel
This makes a lot of sense. Every now and then we need to remind ourselves before we get caught up in this rut of false validation. Nice one.
Thanks Shital