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Originally Posted by StephenBatey
I've learned from long and painful experience that comments are (generally) expected to follow a well worn pattern to be acceptable - always start by praising, and never find more than two faults. And never express yourself at length. I don't comment in that way, and I've found that I cause offence if I comment on anyone's photos who doesn't know me; and I've been told by one person that my comments are too intimidating for someone not expecting them. Hence, don't expect comments from me.
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I tend to find the same sort of thing although I'll still quite often give a comment but rarely does it result in any real dialogue. It's a shame as I learned pretty much everything online but it was a few years ago when there was more of a fixed community - as wave01 says, there's a mass of sites now and everyone spreads themselves thinner, not just photographically as there's (dare I mention?) Facebook, other specialised sites, +1 TV, catchup TV, etc etc. What was the 2 minute culture has now become the 2 second culture!