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Re: Responses to MOC posting.
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 26 May 2001 22:41:16 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In lugnet.space, Damian Garcia writes:
> > I agree with the comments made on this line of the thread. In my opinion it
> > is not confined to just space though. In the groups that I (semi) actively
> > posted in, which were .dat and .space, I noticed most of the
> > praise/criticism went to established members of the groups. I don't
> > disagree with it, nor do I have hard feelings about not getting a bunch of
> > responses on my posts. I have seen models that impressed me, but I just did
> > not have time to post a message praising it. Like Tobias, I have stopped
> > posting to the groups with hopes of soliciting responses because you just
> > won't get them. In my opinion there is a "sub-group" that exists within
> > .space. In order to become a part of this group, you need to make a
> > substantial contribution to this "sub-group" by posting a model that will
> > exceed their expectations of a Lego model. I am now a re-lurker, uploading
> > my models to brickshelf when I get a chance, and receiving a message every
> > now and then from a person that saw a model on the "recent" page. I still
> > read .space and enjoy most of the models posted by all, and I am happy this
> > way.
> >
> >
> > D M Garcia
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> I'm going to ignore all the negative posts from way back in the original
> thread and talk about a interesting point that has been made here on posting
> MOCs and the level of responses we get for it. I have to agree with Damian.
> I'm a very new member of the .space group, and I found that I did not
> receive many responses either on most of my MOCs. But that doesn't really
> bother me. As for the sub-group, yes there may be one, but in my honest
> opinion some of the estabished members really have raised the bar on
> "pushing the upper limit" models, and so in my opinion really do deserve
> much of the praise they get. It just pushes me to do better, but does not
> restrict me from building the way I want to either. I like to see MOCs that
> push the upper bar, even if they are never mine.
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> I can understand why people give little response to my MOCs too: my pictures
> are fuzzy and poor, my MOCs tend to be blocky and utilitarian not because I
> can't build but because I like to follow a certain style sometimes, and my
> presentation often leaves much to be desired. But it still won't stop me
> from taking part in my favourite personal past time. Building is fun. It's
> creative. Who cares what other people think or say?
>
> Still, I too have very little time to respond to other people's posts. I
> also found that when I bring my MOCs (big or small) to live meets where
> people can poke and actually see the various details for the first time, I
> have received plenty of praise, despite the lack of response online. My
> take on the whole thing is that we should not take it personally if others
> don't find our MOCs impressive or don't respond with resounding praise.
> There will always be somebody who appreciates our MOCs, and often that
> person just doesn't have the time to respond.
>
> Remember: this is supposed to be fun! It's the journey, not the destination.
>
> :^)
>
> Have fun everyone!
>
> ~Trev
> Astro Lift Co.
> ---------------
> Visit the Astro Lift Company home page:
> http://members.home.net/tpruden3/
There are times when I get frustrated with a lack of response in this forum,
like when I announced the 2nd anniversary of Silicon Psyche with new MOCs
recently- I got 1 response. But I try not to let it bother me. Besides, I
get a considerable amount of positive feedback via e-mail.
Later,
Todd Amacher
SILICON PSYCHE
http://moonbase-io.webjmp.com/default.htm
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