Profile for taz-pie - I am so sick of freaking PROMOTE blogs

taz-pie aka taryn is a 32.45 year old girl, has been a member since April 27, 2005, has scored 16,659 submissions, giving an average score of 1.31, helping 183 designs get printed.

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Jul 15 '11 by taz-pie
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I am so sick of freaking PROMOTE blogs

really guys?? i mean, is that all you have to say to each other??

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gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 7:28am

apparently. it's sad.

Morkki on Jul 15 '11 at 7:30am

score me please

Dexter Spandex on Jul 15 '11 at 7:31am

that's cool! check out mine!

taz-pie on Jul 15 '11 at 7:32am

you guys suck

taz-pie on Jul 15 '11 at 7:32am

i mean, why dont people just vote and comment using powerscore? whats with the mutual masturbation?

gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 7:32am

you deserve some serious slapping

Brightwood on Jul 15 '11 at 7:36am

but, how do you really feel? :)

Morkki on Jul 15 '11 at 7:36am

I don't know really. I participated in the circle jerk blogs when I started out in Threadless but then I realized that promoting within Threadless is pretty pointless.

Shadyjibes on Jul 15 '11 at 7:41am

I agree with you

gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 7:41am

*grumpy old fart mode*

threadless was more fun 2 years ago. proper conversational blogs instead of all these wanky promote blogs.

*/grumpy old fart mode*

Brightwood on Jul 15 '11 at 7:43am

@ gumbolimbo HA!

ivejustquitsmoking on Jul 15 '11 at 7:44am

I have mix feelings about this. Where else is it apt to have promotion blogs but in threadless and similar group pages.. Also threadless supports promoting. And also, promotion doesn't guarantee a score. So it could be annoying and futile, but for people who have designs out there, blogging is the most they could do. As long as it's not on other people's design pages I guess it's ok?

salman.rvf on Jul 15 '11 at 7:46am

Can I at least ask for a Critique?

ivejustquitsmoking on Jul 15 '11 at 7:46am

But I would line a balance.. It's true I like Threadless 2years ago.. Blogs been too quiet!

ivejustquitsmoking on Jul 15 '11 at 7:47am

* like

taz-pie on Jul 15 '11 at 7:47am

piss off salman

sweet n sour on Jul 15 '11 at 7:48am

vote trading is kind of lame, but I like wip and process and general discussions about art blogs.

because that's my bag baby

taz-pie on Jul 15 '11 at 7:50am

my worst is when people say they will vote $5 in return for a comment on their sub. that pisses me off. why not vote honestly instead of 5ing some piece of shit? that is like whoring yourself out, man.

reags on Jul 15 '11 at 7:53am

I think it's fair game considering fresh faces around here no doubt find it difficult to gain support from old timers and their cliques so promo blogs I guess is a small platform to get some minor acknowledgement

gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 7:53am

the worst is when people manufactor some appealing blog title to lure me in and then it turns out to be another promo blog.

[+duracell-] on Jul 15 '11 at 7:54am

It's funny, we have a critique section. Everyone including staff knows its broken.. and yet it still exists unchanged. It like something we use to distract noobs with or something.

salman.rvf on Jul 15 '11 at 7:54am

What do you expect on a website where the main users are submitting designs and promoting them?

I am sick of them too, but I never try to blog promoting all my designs, just some, still trying to get used to the atmosphere here, I will keep users like you in mind next time I post something.

And btw is it considered bad etiquette to even ask for a critique? I never get any critiques unless I post the links everywhere, it is kind of lame, only a few users get all the attention.

sweet n sour on Jul 15 '11 at 7:55am

hahaha

my you are grumpy today gumbolimbo

ivejustquitsmoking on Jul 15 '11 at 7:59am

Truth is, end of the day if it's good enough, promotion blogs are unnecessary. It's just the habit that is hard to resist. Lol

reags on Jul 15 '11 at 7:59am

salman.rvf is right, and I'm certain he's speaking the minds of many newer members here who need a breakthrough. Mate, just do what you gotta do - there will be members that'll be willing to help you out. As duracell mentioned though, the critique section is pretty much broken so just post a regular blog for a critique.

Good luck with it

reags on Jul 15 '11 at 8:01am

Marco - you're right there, yet at the same time it's hard for some to improve to reach that level of 'good enough' without feedback.

gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 8:01am

So much need for attention, so little to go around.
Perhaps I should start an attention giving service. Clearly, there's a big deficit.
$1 for a vote and comment. $5 for a $5 vote and comment, is that reasonable?

Wait, 'll be right back after I created the paypal button.

tracerbullet on Jul 15 '11 at 8:02am

HEY I'LL MAKE A NON-PROMOTIONAL BLOG IF YOU 5$ MY NEWEST DESIGN!!!11

SuperRyan on Jul 15 '11 at 8:03am

I do not like it either. It's a masked version of spam. And I don't believe it works. How could it? By default people get a certain number of votes and a deserving score comes from that.

If someone who uses those PROMOTE blogs can actually show me that they produce results, please do. Because I'd really like to know if it works or doesn't.

Morkki on Jul 15 '11 at 8:08am

If anything, promoting in the blogs may actually hurt your scores

ivejustquitsmoking on Jul 15 '11 at 8:09am

^it only works if it's already a nice design. Or if it's from a popular member, I guess.

[+duracell-] on Jul 15 '11 at 8:17am

Great idea gumbolimbo. For $1 I will give my honest opinion to a design, along with any suggestions for improvement I can come up with. This is not just any critique, I have 8 years of threadless design viewing experience. But wait, theres more. Act now and you'll receive TWO additional critiques, promotion to 5 people I don't really know on Twitter, as well as exclusive membership to my fan club. How can you pass a deal like that up? Order now!

Setting up paypal...

Musarter on Jul 15 '11 at 8:19am

salman.rvf voices the truth.

All the newbies see top scorers and top user's promoting their designs this way and think it works. I have tried it for awhile and know it does not.

It has become part of the natural cycle of becoming part of Threadless. The newbie thinks, "I need to promote," but are clueless so they first spam (and are reprimanded), then make promo blogs.

I am personally guilty of this. I think doing an art process/WIP blog and then converting to a promo blog is cool, as long as their is not a ridiculous number of bumps. I am done with promotion alone blogs.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 15 '11 at 8:52am

Hey, salmon.rvf, if you're gonna go be an asshole and promote in here, you might want to promote something that DOESN'T USE CLIP ART.

salman.rvf on Jul 15 '11 at 9:14am

Sorry I forgot to mention that it was a clipart. It's under public domain and I liked it, so I used it. The original image link is below.

http://www.openclipart.org/detail/376/bear-gets-haircut-by-johnny_automatic

I deleted it now.

Torakamikaze on Jul 15 '11 at 9:21am

While I don't necessarily have an issue with promote blogs (they've always been around), it does seem like that's pretty much all the blogs are now.

Like, what happened to daily blogs discussing how awesome our farts are? I, like the grumpsters, also miss conversation blogs.

Whenever we'd lose OG old farts in the blogs, we always seemed to get some cool newbz to fill the gap and become the new old farts and the blogcycle would be restored. Blogtown has been in jeopardy for a while now, and it has alot to do with all the promote blogs.

Now, I'm not saying people shouldnt promote their stuff... just take a little extra time to get to know the community. Like, what are your thoughts on cutoff jean shorts? Anything. Post a stupid blog. Engage the peoples. Participation goes a lot further than simply promising to vote on peoples designs and posting about yours. And if you want to look at it from a voting perspective, I guarantee you'll get more traffic to your subs the more you post about other things, and hey, maybe you'll make some friends along the way.

Resistance on Jul 15 '11 at 9:21am

Even though salmon used clipart, he put his finger on something I find annoying. There are some who use this site for blogs about what they are interested in (rarely threadless related), and they don't vote on designs or care to help in WIP blogs or critiques. They just treat the blogs as their own playground, stopping by periodically to talk about a song they like or to complain about how this place isn't as good as it used to be. And then there are the popular people who use the blogs to promote their stuff or get feedback on their WIPs and never comment on anyone else's stuff. Communal involvement is a two way street.

Steve The Great on Jul 15 '11 at 9:24am

it's pretty pointless to promote within threadless, no? the people who vote votefor everything, or vote for their friends' stuff. So if you want me to vote for you, become my friend! you wanna know how you become my friend? by being likable and funny and nice and not promoting your submission (also by being cute but shh)!!

promote by not promoting!!

xiv on Jul 15 '11 at 9:27am

PROMOTEPROMOTEPROMOTEPROMOTE.

I try not to post them when I have regular subs up, but submissions to the Atrium dont get much exposure anywhere. I have one up for my NASA sub...

quick-brown-fox on Jul 15 '11 at 9:27am

It's also hard to join in sometimes when comments you make get ignored or someone basically says "not you, get out of my blog".

SJ27 on Jul 15 '11 at 9:33am

I'm more than happy to see a "vote for my design" blog or a wip blog.

But seriously, fuck all these "promote here" blogs.

And double fuck all these "vote for me and I'll vote for you" blogs. In the butt. With that water-based lube that dries out real quick.

If you make one of those blogs, MANAGE THEM. If you're only going to vote for everyone else while your design is up, once you're done change the title, change the main post or better yet, delete it.

If you're going to put your design in one of those blogs, don't just add them to your watch list and dump your design in it every time. Check the blog first. Amber coffeecandle had one, she changed the post, said she wouldn't be around for a bit and I keep seeing it bumped. She changed the title so it isn't noobs searching "promote" it's people who've used it before and should be paying attention but aren't.

Pay attention. There's no point sticking your design in a blog from some guy saying "I'll vote for you" if that user isn't active any more. Doing that at best will get you one vote, and if they aren't active it gets you zero. I'm not reading that damn blog and you know it cos you put your design in fifteen other promote blogs.

Make your own blog. Maybe fifteen people will read it. And the blogs will at least have a bit of variety.

Resistance on Jul 15 '11 at 9:38am

I agree about the PROMOTE HERE and VOTE FOR ME ILL GIVE YOU 5$ blogs.

Farnell on Jul 15 '11 at 9:41am

this blog needs to chill a little!!

quick-brown-fox on Jul 15 '11 at 9:43am

water-based lube that dries out real quick
oh, also, giant lolage!!!

xiv on Jul 15 '11 at 9:47am

Im going to promote my subs everywhere I can. If those "PROMOTE HERE" blogs only get me one vote, then thats one more vote. It all adds up.

Don't like those blogs, ignore them. It's really not that difficult.

YaaH on Jul 15 '11 at 9:48am

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salman.rvf on Jul 15 '11 at 9:14am
Sorry I forgot to mention that it was a clipart. It's under public domain and I liked it, so I used it.

How lame. You seem to forget a lot.

SJ27 on Jul 15 '11 at 9:33am
I'm more than happy to see a "vote for my design" blog or a wip blog.
But seriously, fuck all these "promote here" blogs.
And double fuck all these "vote for me and I'll vote for you" blogs.

Yes.
I do "vote for my design" blogs, because I tend to believe designers tend to score higher than other users, and some blogging designers explicitly mention they no longer score stuff unless pointed to it.
I also check those blogs at times, and often re-score better (usually by +1). Batch scoring tends to produce lower scores than actually looking carefully at stuff.

gumbolimbo on Jul 15 '11 at 7:53am
the worst is when people manufactor some appealing blog title to lure me in and then it turns out to be another promo blog.

Double yes!

Jaakie201 on Jul 15 '11 at 9:49am

Would be nice if there was a filter-button that excludes all promote-blogs in the general forums.

toopersent on Jul 15 '11 at 9:54am

If the blog clearly says "Promote" on it...is it that difficult to overlook it? Do the combinations of those letters in that order cause your eyes to spontaneously bleed profusely?

I agree that sneaky promotion blogs and the "lets swap $5" blogs suck, other than that, just ignore them.

Also, we could just talk about homeless people.

taz-pie on Jul 15 '11 at 10:04am

I don't actually mind the sneaky promotional blogs, because they sometimes contain jems of interesting conversation. But those blind boring lists of average to crap subs are soul destroying.

And yes, I will bitch about how Threadless bligs used to be better. Because they were.

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