“Come Monday…” is a
weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television
shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be
generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come
Monday.” This is subject to change,
however. In fact, I would be most
derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
Many
great artists have been notorious for being rather difficult to get along
with. In fact, some make no effort
whatsoever at even just trying to be cordial toward potential purchasers of
their art.
Be
assured that I have had a great deal of experience with the like here in the
blogosphere, and it has been getting worse.
For I just thought it was absolutely appalling that only a handful of
the 143 artists acknowledged being featured in the first year (2009) of
promoting sites where Christmas gifts could be bought from individuals. There were 164 sites in total in 2010, 156 in
2011 and 113 last year. Whereas, there
was only going to be 52 (including 5-6 new ones) this year, and I was seriously
considering not publishing a Thinking of Christmas Gifts in July 2013 before I
was talked into making some drastic exceptions.
Those
exceptions are including sites of those I suspect are no longer in business
while still having wares for sale on display, along with those who have fallen
prey to the current bane of my existence, which is engaging the word
verification spam preventer thingy. Be
assured that I am not happy with this arrangement at all. For it means that most of the sites featured this
year will not receive notification from me.
Hence, essentially being on double secret probation.
Alas,
isn’t an online gallery/boutique/whop owner having word verification in place
not so unlike an owner in the real world making their place inaccessible to the
handicapped? Yes, there is an audible
option to solving the letter scramble, but in most of the cases where I have
tried using it, it still took several tries before I could understand what was
being said.
Alas,
it was not all that long ago when I was as unsympathetic to the plight of the
handicapped as far too many still are.
For I was not necessarily against helping the handicapped, but I
considered it appalling to force businesses to install wheelchair ramps and
other things that made life a little easier for those who could not get around
as well as those who could get around on their own two feet.
Okay,
I still find it appalling to force businesses to make their places more
handicapped accessible, but that now has more to do with there still being a
need to do so than with being strictly from a hardcore politically conservative
point of view. For our Heavenly Father
has made some drastic changes to the way I now see things, and I hope that this
double secret probation nonsense will help give some a clue while still helping
to promote the sale of their works.
The
funny thing is that there is often an easy way to purchase things provided while
direct communication with the artist is hindered, but in all fairness, billions
of dollars are spent on artworks each year without any expectation of ever exchanging
pleasantries with the artists or their direct representatives. I suppose it all depends upon whose name is
on the canvas or the maker’s mark. Does
great success mean never having to acknowledge another’s existence?
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ReplyDeleteI really don't understand the need for the word verification at, seriously, maybe it helps some. I have a few bad eggs that slip through blogger's spam, and I delete them. But it's a lot of work to have blogger after blogger use it when I'm visiting posts for sites like Sepia Saturday or Six Word Saturday....especially during these mowing hours of summer when blogging time is shorter! I did discover that when you have to type in the words, just type the messy or squiggly word and not the numbers (when they insert them with a word) and it goes through.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Some are slower than others. GOOD FOR YOU!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Karen!!! I have not been presented with any numbers in quite some time, but in any event, it all comes down to just how much one values interaction with their visitors. Switching over to moderating comments has proven to be a very satisfactory solution for me, but it does require some extra work, which is more than some are able to bear, I suppose. Alas, I have noticed Sites To See notifications just being published several moths after they were left!
ReplyDeletewhen it comes to word verification even the audio for the handicapped is useless for me because I can't hear it
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Yeah, I often have to guess at what is being said, and I seldom get it right. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI must be a great artist...I'm difficult to get along with!
ReplyDeleteNaaaa...that's not true...both the bit about being a great artist and the bit about being difficult to get along with!
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Hundreds (thousands?) of attempts at being nice to the like has taught me otherwise.
ReplyDeleteOh! Being nice is really easier and much more beneficial than not being nice to others, Jerry. Surely you would agree.
ReplyDeleteYou reap what you sow...so the saying goes.
We can't be nice at all times, I know...there are some that push our buttons all to often, repeatedly...causing a reaction. But I've learned...long ago...they are best ignored. Energy wasted on negativity is a waste of time and effort. Energy spent on positivity is pleasurable!
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Hence, the reason why I keep publishing the Sites To See series--despite only around 15% bothering to just acknowledge being included in a particular edition.
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