Comment Exchange

I’ve got to agree that we need to advertise more aggressively. However we
need to refrain from spamming people.

Here are my guidelines:

Subtle links in a signature are acceptable
If you see someone who is begging for comments in a blog/wiki/gallery/etc…
then by all means, suggest the CE to them.
Comment on a ton of non-members galleries in an effort to make yourself known.
Those that come back to comment on your artwork will already be the type we’re
looking for here at the CE and thusly will be more likely to join. Do not spam
these people, just leave comments on their artwork.

Seriously, bug people about the CE and they’ll be less likely to join and be
active. It has to be their decision.

Once our membership is something like 100-150 I’ll start trying to get other
means of advertising. By then, EW and DA should be able to recognize us, take
us seriously, and perhaps incorporate a badge on our profile pages such as
those for bifrost on EW.

I think that covers just about everything. I’ll keep you guys updated. In the mean time, so long as you’re not spamming, fee free to advertise the heck out of this site. If you’re unsure as to whether or not a certain act is spamming… it probably is, so don’t do it.

We want all sorts of artists but as far as the kind of people we want… we want those who are going to participate, who actively post new artwork every-once-in-a-while and perhaps even those who are already upholding the CE guidelines. The ability to give CC is very important, but not required. I may make a post or two about how to give CC and perhaps a short lesson in the language of artists as a tool for communicating our impressions of the art.

You might be right about the obviousness of the fact that you don’t have to become a member to benifit. Heck, I’m even fine with people becoming registered users here, but not posting any links. I guess that would make them a member-sans-circulation. We really do need to make that obvious though.

That would be super awesome. I’ll have to scour through a few of my old art books too. I bet we can come up with some great stuff.