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Peter you are correct in that a lot of people seem to be posting four paintings a day, I suspect they are uploading stuff they have done a while ago. I think we go through fazes where one person posts a lot at a time and others follow the example. I must admit that when I first started using the gallery I tended to upload three a day not really thinking that I would effect other . I’m sure we’ll I like to think that people would reduce the amount they post if the thought about how it pushes other work down the pages. I asked Michael to reduce his number because his work was causing more annoyance due to the amount, but also because of the it was causing a lot of controversy. To be far he did agree and has since reduced the amount he posts.
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We must have been writing about the same time Sylvia. I know you were growling out of frustration and not at me.
I share your views and frustration as do many others on the forum and gallery, the unfortunate reality is that people will become more frustrated in time . I know a couple of people who have stopped using the forum and don’t post there artwork as often as they feel their work isn’t getting a fair chance.
The thing that’s driving me mad at the moment is all the spam , just off back to clear some more.
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These multiple postings are a subject that regularly comes up. I won't criticize anyone for doing it. When I joined, as now, the guidelines said four a day could be posted. That's what I did. After a while I cottoned on that it wasn't a great idea, because I soon found I got more feedback with one a day. Even that's too many, these days I post a maximum of one every two days, often struggling to do that, and I'm drawing and doodling all the time. When you join POL you are keen to show your work, I know I was, so let's not do anything to dash the keen-ness of newcomers.
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Pretty much same as Lew. I used to post four a day, which is pretty pointless really because you're chasing you own work off the Home page. Usually do two a day, sometimes just one now. My trouble is speed. I work very fact and can knock work out quickly. Two a day is fair and sufficient, so I'll stick to that.
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I agree with both of you Lew and Jim I think most of us has been there when we first started out, the novelty of having our work seen is a bit heady at first . As you rightly say we become wiser and slow down , when there are multi posts I find it hard to comment on each one , I decided a few days ago to only comment on the one I really like the most and the only if I felt that I wanted to. Taking Lew’s point up it would be quite unfair to ask people who are new to the gallery to stop posting so much , we need to welcome more artists and I certainly don’t want to scare the off ,I can easily put my foot in it without trying anyway.
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When people are new to POL, as well as being keen for their work to be seen, I expect they often multiple post each day to get their backlog of work on to their gallery as quickly as possible. Trouble is, as new and exciting as a new member’s work may be, if you see a lot of the same style day after day, it’s easy to quickly lose interest in it. I’ve seen it happen quite a few times in the past.
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by Jenny Harris
