Seconded. I didn't see Ahmar's post (at first), and with the warning copy-edited out of the reply, that was not what I wanted to see on my damn phone when I followed the link. Which reminds me, I forgot to mention SoFurry under Websites. (High chance of NSFW content)
Anyway, Flayrah doesn't owe anyone special attention. Individually, we like what we like. I can't possibly list everyone and everything, and I've only got so many minutes every day. I'm not going to meticulously browse all the backlogs on every single thing I follow. If by luck something interesting pops up on my screen, great, if not, too bad. And yeah, it's a popularity contest. And no, the Internet's not fair with who gets more attention. So we plug a bunch of stuff for the Ursa Majors but leave you out? You're not alone, and you're no more deserving of extra recognition - lots of people want to get noticed. There's a local fur here in his late teens that constantly plugs his social media and wants more followers. And why is it Flayrah's job to promote you? You and your friends had over 11 months to add your site to the 2018 Recommended List. 99 times out of 100 they'll put in whatever you send in to them.
Attention takes work and luck. Ahmar, you and I can post all the interesting links we like - and that means jack shit in comparison to the furry fans who get off their asses and do more challenging tasks like running conventions and publishing houses, risking their money to do so. Or imagine putting your heart into writing a 50,000-word novel over several months, and then no one paying any attention in the great sea of digital books. But oh, boo-hoo our poor ignored websites. Someone makes a video on their phone showing a squirrel doing something silly and suddenly they've got two million views and then are forgotten a month later. There's no pattern to it; life's not fair.
So throw your work into your site, and maybe you'll get recognition, and maybe not. It feels good to get a positive response, sure, but if that's what's keeping you going... So many souls shouting their thoughts and opinions into the Internet. We should be so lucky that we make contact and even make a positive difference with even one stranger. So sure, be in a shit mood, throw the shit around because you feel slighted. You kept using Flayrah to promote your own site, and then got into the Alt-Right-vs-Everyone-Else fight, and we'd had quite enough of that. The late Fred Patten wrote thousands of reviews over fifty years - because he loved it. Often with little to no feedback. Do what you love. Don't expect and demand recognition, and it'll feel all that much sweeter if it happens - even if it's just a few sparse drops. Maybe you'll get lucky. Most of us won't. Imagine all the creative people... that you've never heard of.
Just a castaway / An island lost at sea / Another lonely day / With no one here but me. More loneliness / Than any man could bear / Rescue me before I fall into despair. I'll send an SOS to the world, I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note / But I should have known this right from the start. Only hope can keep me together / Love can mend your life / But love can break your heart. I'll send an SOS to the world, I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle
Walked out this morning / Don't believe what I saw / A hundred billion bottles, Washed up on the shore Seems I'm not alone at being alone / A hundred billion castaways / Looking for a home
I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle
Seconded. I didn't see Ahmar's post (at first), and with the warning copy-edited out of the reply, that was not what I wanted to see on my damn phone when I followed the link. Which reminds me, I forgot to mention SoFurry under Websites. (High chance of NSFW content)
Anyway, Flayrah doesn't owe anyone special attention. Individually, we like what we like. I can't possibly list everyone and everything, and I've only got so many minutes every day. I'm not going to meticulously browse all the backlogs on every single thing I follow. If by luck something interesting pops up on my screen, great, if not, too bad. And yeah, it's a popularity contest. And no, the Internet's not fair with who gets more attention. So we plug a bunch of stuff for the Ursa Majors but leave you out? You're not alone, and you're no more deserving of extra recognition - lots of people want to get noticed. There's a local fur here in his late teens that constantly plugs his social media and wants more followers. And why is it Flayrah's job to promote you? You and your friends had over 11 months to add your site to the 2018 Recommended List. 99 times out of 100 they'll put in whatever you send in to them.
Attention takes work and luck. Ahmar, you and I can post all the interesting links we like - and that means jack shit in comparison to the furry fans who get off their asses and do more challenging tasks like running conventions and publishing houses, risking their money to do so. Or imagine putting your heart into writing a 50,000-word novel over several months, and then no one paying any attention in the great sea of digital books. But oh, boo-hoo our poor ignored websites. Someone makes a video on their phone showing a squirrel doing something silly and suddenly they've got two million views and then are forgotten a month later. There's no pattern to it; life's not fair.
So throw your work into your site, and maybe you'll get recognition, and maybe not. It feels good to get a positive response, sure, but if that's what's keeping you going... So many souls shouting their thoughts and opinions into the Internet. We should be so lucky that we make contact and even make a positive difference with even one stranger. So sure, be in a shit mood, throw the shit around because you feel slighted. You kept using Flayrah to promote your own site, and then got into the Alt-Right-vs-Everyone-Else fight, and we'd had quite enough of that. The late Fred Patten wrote thousands of reviews over fifty years - because he loved it. Often with little to no feedback. Do what you love. Don't expect and demand recognition, and it'll feel all that much sweeter if it happens - even if it's just a few sparse drops. Maybe you'll get lucky. Most of us won't. Imagine all the creative people... that you've never heard of.
Just a castaway / An island lost at sea / Another lonely day / With no one here but me.
More loneliness / Than any man could bear / Rescue me before I fall into despair.
I'll send an SOS to the world, I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note / But I should have known this right from the start.
Only hope can keep me together / Love can mend your life / But love can break your heart.
I'll send an SOS to the world, I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Walked out this morning / Don't believe what I saw / A hundred billion bottles,
Washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone / A hundred billion castaways / Looking for a home
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle