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Okay, I think this comic is trying to express some frustrations with other artists as a whole, but at the same time I feel there are some key points we should understand before jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst out of everyone:
1. Twitter is a cesspool. Because some people get so many notifications a day, it& #39;s IMPOSSIBLE to reply to every single one. (I& #39;ve certainly tried!) If you& #39;re just asking how someone is doing, that& #39;s not a bad thing whatsoever! But sometimes, people don& #39;t have the time-
-to answer or are dealing more important issues. It is very easy to get buried with messages on this site and I don& #39;t think it& #39;s fair to assume someone IS ignoring you just because they didn& #39;t respond AT ALL. It& #39;s entirely possible maybe they didn& #39;t even get the message or-
something happened and they went AFK. They can potentially be receiving these messages multiple times a day and don& #39;t want to answer them each and every time. There can be many, MANY reasons why some artists are just not going to answer and your happiness shouldn& #39;t be based on it
Not everyone has the time, patience, or energy to do it. Especially if they have health issues. I know some artists who do try to (and I wonder how they do it, myself) but it& #39;s time that they CHOOSE to dedicate for themselves because they want that connection with their audience.
2.They don& #39;t feel comfortable about it. If you don& #39;t know someone well, I don& #39;t feel that they have the obligation to answer back. I believe in personal boundaries online. Some people for privacy/safety aren& #39;t going to respond to people they don& #39;t know.
I can understand the frustration of messaging someone and not getting a response back. I really do. I& #39;ve done it plenty of times in the past, but at the end of the day, you also can& #39;t force people to talk to you. Some people had really bad experiences and maybe don& #39;t want that.
3. Fanart is going to be praised by mostly anyone who appreciates it. I can completely understand feeling of frustration that you only get attention of you do something for "x person". However, I feel fan art is a separate issue on its own and I don& #39;t think it& #39;s fair to compare.
Fanart is easily accessible through tags and doesn& #39;t require that interaction. Trying to talk to someone you might not even know in a DM is an entirely separate issue. Again, some people like that, but others just aren& #39;t going to be interested and that& #39;s fine!
Just because someone didn& #39;t answer your message doesn& #39;t mean that they can& #39;t appreciate the work that you& #39;ve done. Or that it means that they don& #39;t appreciate the EFFORT to reach out to begin with. We can& #39;t make surface level assumptions based on our own feelings. It& #39;s deceiving.
I can honestly understand being a huge fan of someone, sending that first message and being disappointed they never responded. I don& #39;t think that disappointment is a bad thing, but I also think it& #39;s important to understand why that might be the case.
I think we can acknowledge the frustration on both ends when it comes to this issue. It& #39;s not just about being "stuck-up" or "whiny". That& #39;s a generalization on both ends. It& #39;s about understanding each other and why we make these decisions.
The comic didn& #39;t QRT for some reason?
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