Slid has an interesting discussion under way at his blog, BackSlid. Well, at least, I think it's interesting. The question he raises is, "How Do Bloggers Get People to Comment?"
Several erotic artists/cartoonists, including me, have jumped in to talk about how they engage their readers.
I might mention, by the way, that I'm very gratified by the participation of those of you who comment here. We artists all need feedback, and to know that people are actually responding to our work.
I like that you respond to comments.
ReplyDeleteSo you don't check out the answers we give at eg theotherfreecatfights forum? If not, i'd be glad to post here, but answering at sasha's forum is more convenient.
ReplyDeleteI don't look at it very often, frankly. I've got this, I've got my little tumblr blog, I've got another blog completely unrelated to catfighting or art, I've got email, I've got my 'real life' Facebook, I've got twitter... in short, I have a lot of stuff to keep up with.
ReplyDeleteSo if you want me to see and respond to your comments, you should post them here.
I think all bloggers have the same problem. For every thousand people that looks their blogs maybe one or two would make comments. Sometimes it's just that we are lazy to say something, sometimes one feels a bit stupid saying something that can be readen as insignifcant or with no value at all ("I agree", "Wow", etc). Sometimes it's just we have lurker souls.
ReplyDeleteWhen the matter of discussion is something quite sensible as a catfight, I think there are many difficulties to break the silence and say something. Many of us want to maintain our hidden identity; many maybe feel a bit... guilty of looking or participate in this fetish.
This blog is maybe the one related to catifighting in which I've participated more, and I think many posts catch a good ammount of comments for what's standard. That's a good signal of how we love your art and how we wish it continues for many years.
Anon has brought up a point I had in the back of my mind. The discomfort factor or folks who are working out their feelings about their interests. The complexity of human sexuality is enormous. I was seriously uncomfortable with my own feelings for years, even as I was drawn to images of what I liked. I questioned my own sanity unable to reconcile what I was looking at and thinking about with the mundane reality of my life. This went on until I matured to the point that I could have some perspective to draw from. I can only imagine that many who come to our blogs are sharing this passage in their lives, since I've come to understand that I'm not 'different'. There are lots of people who are as ambivalent about taboo aspects of their sexuality as I have been.
ReplyDeleteThat being the case, ambivalence doesn't encourage chit chat.
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