Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Caurcas]

So someone downvoted your commission? Joking aside the big issue with the 14 reddit is that there is an art specific spin off reddit that get neglected while at times the main reddit is swamped with art and little else.

[SturmChurro]

So someone downvoted your commission? Joking aside the big issue with the 14 reddit is that there is an art specific spin off reddit that get neglected while at times the main reddit is swamped with art and little else.

From what I've heard, a lot of the art on there is actually just there as advertisement for the artist.

[Neoyoshi]

Small rant but I just don't understand it and it legit actually does make me a bit mad.
This complete unnecessary cruelty and toxicity is really upsetting to me and it's not reflective of my actual experience with the community ingame at all.
It's like two separate universes and it makes using the Reddit page an extremely negative experience.

As an Artist, I can say there are a lot of great places to post artwork; Reddit is sadly not one of those places; at least from my experience; as it feels a lot of the time reddit users are very much going to favor what appeals to them the most and very rarely will look at something as a piece of art, but instead as a image of whatever they prefer to be looking at.

I don't exactly blame them, Reddit isn't a art website; although there are art focused subreddits, and those fair much better, but i personally prefer something like DeviantArt, ArtStation, Behance, or Fanfictiondotnet.

EDIT: Nuts, i should post something of substance, xD; uhmm, here's a piece of artwork i was making for Cyberpunk that i never finished.

[Dreamsoap]

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Same with art, and mostly it's with female characters in cosplay and art ( especially if they're feminine or show skin ).
The whole comment section becomes full of negativity.
I've seen a lot of artists talk about this recently and how they avoid Reddit like the plague because of it, and people always hide behind '' it's just criticism bro gotta learn to deal with it ''. [...]

You get those and then the other half is people directly tracing over a screenshot of their character passing it off as art, and then everyone is suddenly singing praises to the artist. It's the weirdest shit to me. I figure people should easily recognize a 3D character model from the game doing a dote emote, even if it's got very shaky linework scribbled over it.

But I think it's all just part and par of the reddit atmosphere in general, I've never posted on any art related subreddit and had a good time. I think the only one I ever did that reddit took positively was a portrait I did of my bf's toon (male Au RA) and that was out of spite because they were mad at all the cat girl art at the time.

[Caurcas]

From what I've heard, a lot of the art on there is actually just there as advertisement for the artist.

To be honest the 14 reddit has been a meme for ages. From self promoting (usually) lewd art to getting departnered from Discord due to Lalafell "stuff". Its an ever burning trash fire.

[SturmChurro]

To be honest the 14 reddit has been a meme for ages. From self promoting (usually) lewd art to getting departnered from Discord due to Lalafell "stuff". Its an ever burning trash fire.

I've never even really used it.. I had too many downvotes and my post got hidden. Maybe it's a good thing I couldn't, to be honest..

[ItMe]

I've never even really used it.. I had too many downvotes and my post got hidden. Maybe it's a good thing I couldn't, to be honest..

For what it's worth, I'm glad you're here~

[MilkieTea]

For what it's worth, I'm glad you're here~

Same. A lot of times I disagree with Sturm but it’s always refreshing to see their posts and replies because I know 9 out of 10 times theres going to be a pretty civil discussion to follow along.

[znushu]

Same. A lot of times I disagree with Sturm but it’s always refreshing to see their posts and replies because I know 9 out of 10 times theres going to be a pretty civil discussion to follow along.

and that's the thing about downvotes which I don't like as it enforces people to just follow the crowd and not warrant civil discussions about the subject. personally to me it doesn't matter if I agree with the person or not since everyone sees the world through different eyes which also means everyone will hold a different take on a matter. I mean after all the world would be a boring place if everyone just thought the same.

[SturmChurro]

For what it's worth, I'm glad you're here~

Aww, that's nice to read. This is the only form of social media I actively use (other than YouTube I guess).

Same. A lot of times I disagree with Sturm but it’s always refreshing to see their posts and replies because I know 9 out of 10 times theres going to be a pretty civil discussion to follow along.

I suppose I will start a "debate" over almost anything and everything. For no particular reason.