A plea to the lounge lizards (READ!)

[Andail]

The threads keep getting plentier, as well as shorter, here at the critics lounge (44 pages, compared to chit chat's 36).
Occasionally we have situations where the whole first page has threads replied on "today", which means a thread not answered to within 24 hours or more have been pushed into oblivion.
Many of these threads have less than 5 replies.

People obviously are more interested in publishing than commenting, and the average quality (sorry for being judgemental) of the creations is gradually decreasing.

So....
Publish things that you have put down a fair amount of time on. I'm not gonna say "no bad drawings here", so don't start whining already.
But if you're just about to learn how to draw, try to make at least a couple of attempts on your own before you rush to this forum and publish it.
Ýes, feedback is important, but demanding c&c on your very first mspaint stickman is just a sign of impatience, and a waste of time.
People are not inspired to provide feedback if you haven't put down a lot of efforts yourself.

You can learn just as much by commenting and discussing other people's art, and watch how their creations are improving, and asking how it was done.

So, to conclude:
1. Work just a tad more on your creations. Let them lie around for a while, get back to them and see if you can find ways to improve them yourself. As a thumbrule, wait at least a day before you publish your pictures.
2. Don't start new threads for each picture. If you're affraid to lose attention, you could just add "updated xx/xx" or something in the subject field.
3. Take part in the discussions of other people's art/music etc. Hopefully, it will inspire them to help you out in return.

Thank you

[remixor]

Hear, hear!

[Migs]

Migs agrees.  More effort -> better feedback.

[Evil]

Aye. Maybe we should start a 100 character limit on these forums. I realize that often I myself barely make 100 characters but it isnt that hard. I have 100 characters now. They have added this rule to Pixelation because of its growth. Not only would it rid "Great work. Keep it up" posts it would make people give better critics on the art and it would save space from the frequent "looks good". It seems to work there. The code works like this, if you dont have 100 characters there is a popup 'ok' window saying "You need to have 100 characters or more. Try explaining why you said..." or somthing along those lines

[remixor]

Andail's post is saying that there are too many THREADS, not too many responses.  Your idea would cut down the number of responses, and not really decrease the number of threads.