Free, especially in today's market, does not mean competator-less or that it's a gift. People spend time drawing the art that they give to FurAffinity (and other furry art sites) for free. Without the furry artist giving the furry art to the free art site there is no furry art site. Therefore I think it's a stretch when people say the artists owes the site makers everything, they are giving them their art to display which brings the viewers.
It has to be a symbiotic relationship. It takes times to tag and post your artwork. The more sites there are to post on, the more time it takes. Therefore, that is the cost. Time is the ultimate resource, because it treats all with furious equality.
It's also why FA has an edge right now, and probably it's biggest one. It has the numbers to back up the effort. You'll have more viewers there than anywhere else for visual art. As before stated, if you're a writer, FA is not where you'll get the most bang for your buck.
On the third point, you do realize you write quite lengthy on a website dedicated to a 'hobby', yes? So the answer I guess would be, well at least one packrat.
Free, especially in today's market, does not mean competator-less or that it's a gift. People spend time drawing the art that they give to FurAffinity (and other furry art sites) for free. Without the furry artist giving the furry art to the free art site there is no furry art site. Therefore I think it's a stretch when people say the artists owes the site makers everything, they are giving them their art to display which brings the viewers.
It has to be a symbiotic relationship. It takes times to tag and post your artwork. The more sites there are to post on, the more time it takes. Therefore, that is the cost. Time is the ultimate resource, because it treats all with furious equality.
It's also why FA has an edge right now, and probably it's biggest one. It has the numbers to back up the effort. You'll have more viewers there than anywhere else for visual art. As before stated, if you're a writer, FA is not where you'll get the most bang for your buck.
On the third point, you do realize you write quite lengthy on a website dedicated to a 'hobby', yes? So the answer I guess would be, well at least one packrat.