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Published: 2008-04-20 08:41:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 7773; Favourites: 682; Downloads: 76
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...this would be obvious, but OH no.Not so subtle jab at the wannabes who fav random art off the "new art" page without even looking at them... just for the pageviews when that artist comes to their page to thank them for the fav.
I consider that practice cheap and shallow, and offenders of this should be smacked. Stop abusing the favorite system for the pageviews!
Fav art because you LIKE it!!
Edit: Thank you guys for all the faves and wonderful comments, I'm glad this strikes a chord with more then just me.
all of you. 
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Those people annoy me... .3. I'm that kind of person who thanks for favourites, unless the artist's tells people not to no their page.
BUt when someone fav my work, and I go to their page, just to find out that my deviation is not the 20th last favourited after a few seconds, I just turn around and go back... >w>
Besides, I don't care about pageviews. They don't mean anything ._.
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...So, that explains it.
They just want the pageview? Dude, when people fave my stuff, I'm like really happy and I'm especially happy with a comment, which if they comment I know they're not one of these people.
But, anyway... Why would they even do this? What value does a pageview have? ;-;
On another note, I like this stamp. It's really nice and taught me something about DeviantART and some of their people. I hope you don't mind if fave it. :3
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I couldn't agree more with this. I don't mind the faves, and I love them... but when they just fave my art because of pageviews it really pisses me off.
For me, I like to revisit pieces that I fave because they ARE something that I love to look at. Isn't that the reason the fave system was created in the first place?
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i fave and run, but i agree with this stamp... i don't care about pageviews!
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i guess i like a lot of stuff XD
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Ug I hate it when ppl get angry cuz of that! I faved someone's warrior fanart and the next day they posted a journal about how they hated it when ppl faved things they put less effort into and not things they spent hours on. Maybe I like the more simple things and not their oc's looking sexy ^^"... (trust me, boobs are not my thing). It doesn't mean everyone hates that kind of stuff, but I don't like it, so I fav what I like it their gallery cuz I like it not cuz it looks like they spent hours and hours on it..
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Your making no sense to me.
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Yes, I hate it when you go to thank someone for the fave and you look on their page and the ONLY thing that they have are faves, no art, no journal, no nothing.
And the fact that sometimes they don't even say "You're welcome" makes it feel like they really didn't like the piece; they did just want pageviews for some godforsaken reason.
But yes, I comment most of the time, but when I get a lot of images that I really like and I fave sometimes I just leave one comment, commenting on the artist's style rather than each individual picture
Awesome stamp! ^^
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I don't comment much... (I'm what many would call a "fav n' runner") but I favorite art that I like so I can return and look back at it... appreciate it more... You might find a new meaning in a piece or somethin'. ^_^
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omg i didn't even think about people doing this till i saw your stamp, wow what some people will do for page views...
i'm faving this because it makes perfect sense of what some people are doing on this site!
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Thank you. ^.^ It's an annoying practice, especially for those of us who don't care about pageviews... we appreciate favs and comments from people who actually LIKE our work, yaknow?
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that's so true right there!
well at least there are remaining people on here who care about art and getting compliments about there art.
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Absolutely. I go through my entire History every month or so, fave what I like, let the rest fall into oblivion. I've probably spent hundreds of hours doing that. But it's worth it, because so many times I click on something and only later have the time to look and say, "This is really beautiful and deserves a fave." Why would I fave art that I didn't like? That's abusing the feature.
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That's why I made the stamp... I'm against those who abuse the feature.
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Also the chain-favers who type in a keyword and fave EVERYTHING. My boyfriend and I have been hit by deviants with a few thousand images in their faves who haven't commented on any images or artists, or uploaded anything of their own.
And several of the galleries contained a high amount of blatantly pornographic material.
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Why would someone do that? It's pointless. You Fave things so that you can find the art you enjoy looking at latter without hassle. It's not like getting so many pageviews gets you anything, so why clogg up your favorites with usless art that you don't even like?
It's not really that hard to find stuff that you enjoy. I mean, I have over 30 pages, and I even shift through all my favorites every few months to clean it out. It may take a littel more time, but they could really enjoy DA a lot more if they took up the practice of actually faving their favorite pics
kudos
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so wait... honestly there are those who DONT fav work they like? But rather fav other works as well... wow.. just wow, whats the point of favs then?
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People fav art just so people will stop by their pages, giving them more pageveiws.
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Thats really REALLY sad...
They're taking a good system and making it bad -_-
All artists struggle for exposure, but dont give people false hope just so you can get seen
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Exactly. It's despicable.
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xD I didn't even know people favorited random art for pageviews. Haha I always have favorited art because I like it. =S 
Silleh people I guess...
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It's crazy, but they do it.
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