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Oh, thanks for pointing out my mistake for me. The reason current, already vetted, members are posting their works for discussion and critique elsewhere is because those forums are less serious. The reason current, already vetted, members are having serious discussions about art techniques, materials, and the like on other forums is because those forums are less serious.
When members who have already been through the vetting process are taking their discussions on art, materials, techniques, composition, portraiture, and so on to other forums and/or seeking critiques there instead of here then that says something about this forum. That something is NOT that there is more incentive to remain honest and rigorous - it's that there's not enough incentive or reward for them to bother participating here. That directly relates to not enough participation by the existing membership because I think we all know there's not a lack of skill or talent around here.
This isn't a comment about needing an open door policy on posting, or a suggestion that the focus is too narrow, or that there's no basis for the policies. You don't have to become a massive open begginers forum like WetCanvas or a harsh Whips and Chains forum like Cennini, but what you have here isn't working very well and that's obvious if you look at the limited participation by current members.
Go ahead, tell me that this forum wouldn't be vastly improved and substantially more useful of you were to coax current members into becoming more active. You know it would, but they have little or no reason to - there's just not enough participation or community to encourage it.
Time to drop those snobby noses a bit and recognize that a little, just a little, diversity can reap great benefits.
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