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Do you?
And why not???

We all sees a lot of nice plogs with 40k views and 10 comments. Why so?

It depends. While there are a lot of blogs around, I honstly only really check the IG ones, rarely Orks and AdMech and leave the others as I'm not interested in the armies. And of those blogs I watch, a lot of the times I have nothing sensible to comment.

But when I do, it is often because I see something I want to try too, so I ask how they did it. In other cases I just comment that I really like something they did (but I try to not do it too often, as I don't want to spam their blog with "good job" posts). Last but not least in some occasions I have constructive criticism or an idea what they can try, but it always feels... difficult to formulate it in a way that doesn't sound negative. I would feel bad knowing that someone did a really good job but feels bad because someone mentioned "hey, you could try XY".

There are not enough hours in the day to give every blog the responses they deserve. I try to follow a few and keep commenting, to help encourage and community build. But even the ones I follow, I still am erratic at best.

I dislike zero value added posts. But as someone who blogs myself, any engagement, even a “keep it up, good progress” post can go a long way. Especially if the last 3 posts in my blog are all from me. So sometimes I do just toss a “nice job” into a thread.

I’m more likely to reciprocate and post in other people’s blogs who post in mine. But again, not enough hours to do as I’d like.

I’m more prone to comment on blogs that I have a connection with the subject. I can still comment and appreciate the work, but if it’s for a game I don’t play, the hook to engage is less.

We have been through a huge change of socials online and today its all a bit fragmented.

Forums many moons ago were the place everyone would gather and chat, then came Blogs, then came FB and Instagram and now Discords too.

It would be great to have one portal were you could see everyone social posts, like I post on instagram and that portal would pick it up etc...but its all over the place.

I also believe that internet in general as we know it is about to reach a dead end and potentially death.

I feel bad about being critical of others as I can't seem to finish painting Golden Dreadnoughts... which literally require Gold Spray + Wash to make tabletop ready. (The third color is the base ).

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I feel bad about being critical of others as I can't seem to finish painting Golden Dreadnoughts... which literally require Gold Spray + Wash to make tabletop ready. (The third color is the base ).

Even in blogs where the poster’s talent far outstrips your own, you can still contribute. You can ask why they made choices, let them know how you feel about what they are doing. And often they are asking questions that even a laymen can answer. “I’m using this technique to try to get this result: did it work?” Even if, for example, you have no clue how object source lighting is done, you’ve seen enough movies where someone’s face is lit by the torch they are holding. So if what the’ve done matches that, or looks off, your input/verification helps.

We are often our own worst critics. Sometimes you hate your project and think it looks like garbage becasue you know where all the flaws and mistakes are, or were. But to an outside observer? They just see the awesome. Sometimes it’s good, and necessary, to hear that.

Lathe Biosas wrote:I feel bad about being critical of others as I can't seem to finish painting Golden Dreadnoughts... which literally require Gold Spray + Wash to make tabletop ready. (The third color is the base ).

Don't hesitate, even if you don't feel like you have skill or something, you have view different from guy whos work you comment.

Nevelon wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I feel bad about being critical of others as I can't seem to finish painting Golden Dreadnoughts... which literally require Gold Spray + Wash to make tabletop ready. (The third color is the base ).

Even in blogs where the poster’s talent far outstrips your own, you can still contribute. You can ask why they made choices, let them know how you feel about what they are doing. And often they are asking questions that even a laymen can answer. “I’m using this technique to try to get this result: did it work?” Even if, for example, you have no clue how object source lighting is done, you’ve seen enough movies where someone’s face is lit by the torch they are holding. So if what the’ve done matches that, or looks off, your input/verification helps.

We are often our own worst critics. Sometimes you hate your project and think it looks like garbage becasue you know where all the flaws and mistakes are, or were. But to an outside observer? They just see the awesome. Sometimes it’s good, and necessary, to hear that.

That's really helps, like Pyroalchi see something I can't. Or some suggestions about color choice/technics/etc/. And get even simple kudos from someone also nice.

I barely manage to keep my own Plogs up-to-date much less comment on other folks stuff.

Ultimately, the purpose of a Plog is not for other people, but as a tool to help yourself. Positive or helpful comments are just a secondary bonus feature.

I try to only leave positive comments when I see stuff that inspires me. My "standards" are impractically high, I would really feel like a dick critiquing other people's work in any other way. Its not other peoples fault if they dont all try to become the next Lincoln Wright..

The logs I look at tend to not need basic C&C.