An Attempt to Explain the Anti-Renamon Sentiment

[Gnostic Metatron Prime]

Your philosophy seems to be like if you look away from your gaping flesh wound, it'll eventually go away


You see, making it look better and adding more incentives will solve our problems.
Why?
Because this board is nothing except a plain old boring board where new pictures are scarce, the layout is terrible, and if I hadn't had known SK or Aya priorly, I would have gone with them.
It's that simple

Ah, but if you can see that I'm not looking at the wound, then that would mean that you're looking at my face, and therefore, you too are looking away from the gaping flesh wound.

Actually, my philosophy on this matter is that if you treat the wound, it'll get better. Yours, on the other hand, seems to be that if you dress the fashionably, then no one will notice the wound.

You blame the structure of the board for the lack of artists. The board is conceptually perfect. Notice how it has the capability to hold so many different types: artists, authors, and fans. Despite the variations in the decorations and "incentives" between boards, all boards are conceptually equal. All boards are created as spaces in which people can gather. Even without the emoticons or the colors or the PM system, this board could still essentially function properly.

You talk of incentives. The DaD03 never had such things as an EXP system or virtual cash. And to my knowledge, you are the first person here to demand such things. And yet, the DaD03, despite the lack of incentives, was never wanting for artists. So perhaps, then, the DaD03 had something that this board did not...

PRAISE. The true incentive. It may not buy you luxuries, but it can make a labor of love into something more. It may not raise your level, but it can make all of your hard work seem like it accomplished something. I wonder if maybe you have forgotten the feel of praise, and if this is the reason why you deny its importance. I think many of the artists who have left us have forgotten the taste of praise, because they did not receive enough of it here.