There's a big difference between observing the board and judging the mood/what people like
and just being a crowd pleaser
If the community appears to favour short clips of news, internet nonsense and interesting art then posting 14 hour long, self made documentaries on flower arranging is unlikely to go down well.
Creator : @IamHappyToast
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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 9:50,
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Well, if 2 people would like my 14 hour long, self made documentary about flower arranging - why is that such a bad thing?
It's kinda easy to skip for people not interested and if everything is gonna be "top-list" material and "odd" stuff frowned upon - it's gonna end up just being Justin Beiber or grumpy cat.
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except B3ta isn't just Justin Bieber and Grumpy cat is it :)
it's evolution, if something isn't working move on to something else. Or if you're certain what you have is gold but you're not getting the response then perhaps the audience is wrong and you need to find like minded folk.
Alternatively carry on regardless, post what you like, quite often with time and effort people do get accepted :)
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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 10:08,
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Well, I experiment a lot in my opinion.
I don't think I'm trying the same over and over again - and this was also a test to see if anyone wanted to be part of a collaboration.
And I didn't mean that b3ta was only that - It was just examples for what gets the most "hits" and goes viral in general.
But sure, I'm patient and I'm not to worried about haters but if it becomes apparent that I'm just really at the wrong place and it's not gonna change - I won't stay here just to be a douche - but give me some more time to try the place out at least.
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b3ta is evolution now is it?
There was me thinking it was "puerile digital arts community", "where anybody can show off their creative skills"
":)"
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Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 10:28,
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it's evolved a lot over the years
often for the worse
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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 10:31,
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serious question or sarcasm?
I think it's gone up and down over and over.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 10:36,
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I'm with you on this.
I think the strength of the site is things people have made themselves. You don't want people fearing that what they have done is going to be unpopular and so not post it. The worst an unpopular post should get is no comments.
Aim for funny or interesting, and use the reactions to help you direct your work toward that (and comment on other people's work you like to encourage them).
If someone finds someone else boring, there's always the ignore button.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 23 Apr 2014, 11:21,
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