Suichiro

It's never been brought up because it was never on a scale as such that you brought to the board. Also, nobody ever asked before.

Frankly, I see this as just another sign that people are inherently selfish. Artists get screwed quite a bit on the whole, as they're the ones who are doing all the work and they get very little in return for it. Very few people give artists themselves any return art, artists don't gain anything significant for their troubles and they're constantly doing stuff to further the community here, such as having free art threads, donating art to contests and trying to fill in holes when other commissioners get screwed out of their paid works.

The only thing an artist here should enjoy is the respect and appreciation from their fellow forum goers who they provide to all the time. Yet, this series of threads has shown that the people who are the recipients of such charity are not appreciative of their gains. The majority of the forum goers here are the people who do not do the work and gain all of the benefit. They are the consumers and all they want is to gain more art. It's not surprising to find that they do *not* find any problems with having outside interference with the business practices of the forum, since it does not effect *them.*

"Since it doesn't hurt me, I don't care."

Since there will never be more providers here than takers, you can always hold a basic vote and the providers will always lose to the selfish desires of the takers, since they are the minority. It's because when it comes to these types of advertisements, it's obvious that the takers will gladly siphon up as much art as they can selfishly and then turn on the providers, the moment a new source pops up. There is no loyalty at play and thusly there is no trust or faith at all.

Why would anyone put their faith in a majority that simply uses them and then discards them without much of a second thought? The bare fact that people don't see a problem with this *is* the problem.

(edit: rhetorical speaking now, not addressing TA directly.)

Seriously, how many of the non-artists here actually understand how much work and effort goes into making art? How many understand the massive amount of generosity that these people have in giving away their art for free? Do you *really* understand how many potential hours of their lives they've devoted to you?

It's one thing to go 'outside' the forum to get your art. That's a decision that anyone can make and is part of the freedom we all enjoy. But it's another thing entirely to bring a highway of advertisement right into the den. That's the reason I will never support a project like this here. The scale is too large and too disruptive and too tempting to the people that take their art for granted.