Professional Dabbler I enjoy creating photographs, digital images, and electronic music at my studio in New Hampshire. I am also an avid guitar gollector. I share my life with my wife Bonney and “Toast” the cat.

Pet Peeve - Award Icons

Awards are icons that needlessly clutter up an artist's comment thread. They are loud, rude, and distracting. I am always very pleased when fellow artists take the time to comment, fave, or invite an image to a group but I've never understood the mentality behind awards.

Are we as artists supposed to be honored to receive an intrusive icon with canned hyperbolic praise? Perhaps there is a yearly awards ceremony to which we can look forward. Or do the heads of the groups disseminating these awards send us cash and prizes at some future date? I can't imagine any person with an ounce of creativity flowing through their veins who would treasure these senseless wastes of space.

Even more laughable are those award groups who demand that you award 2, 3, or more other images for every image you post. Some even claim to have "sweepers" that catch any violators of this sacred stipulation and remove their images from the group. This may serve as a deterrent to those who would indiscriminately post their mediocrity but at the same time encourages the mindless bestowing of awards.

End of rant.

JT

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