I know that I myself am somewhat guilty of it myself.  What is "it" you ask?  Well I've noticed over & over & over again that the numbers just don't seem fair.  When I look on any given item or set; I notice that there are loads of downloads, only a handfull of "thank you"s (the thank you button) and hardly any comments telling artists what people think of their work.  Well obviously a lot more people donwload than ever bother to click the "thank you" button OR leave a nice comment. 

So here is my question: What would happen if artists pulled any & all items they made but for which you did not bother to thank them or leave a comment about it?  I know I personally would loose quite a bit of things that I really do like.  For the most part these things would be single items (NO this does NOT make it "OK" for me or anybody to do) & also a lot of items from other web-sites.

OK not all sites make it that easy to figure out how to thank the person, and others are in a forieghn language.  But why is it this way for TSR where it is super easy to find how to thank the artists? I do not know how to make anything for the Sims in the way of custome content downloads, so if it were not for the wonderful talent of the Sims2 community we would be stuck with 100% MAXIS!  When was the last time you played with NOTHING in your game?

And one other thing that I think many downloaders forget about is that each and every one of the artists is a REAL person, whith a real life and feelings and a few kind words can make their day.  Seeing as they spend a lot of time and effort in making the custom content we all enjoy so much, I don't think that taking a few minutes to give our thanks and appreciation is too much to ask.  And since it takes them hours or days or more to make the custom content, I think less than 5 minutes to click the "thank you" button, and SAY something nice in the comments is NOT asking all that much.

Have you stopped by to say hello and thank your favorite artists lately? :wub: