I've written and deleted this journal several times now, but this time it is staying up.

I have not received a single worthy DD suggestion in months, and am still getting between 5 and 10 suggestions per day. The lack of common sense being displayed has worsened to a degree that I am starting to feel that people simply have no respect for my time. I used to reply to every single suggestion, but have been so inundated with ridiculous notes that I simply don't bother any more. The situation has worsened since the advent of the 'Suggest DD' script that has been developed that now allows people to automatically note me from the deviation page, and even contains a feature that has the audacity to suggest that the suggester would like me to use their (usually poorly spelled and typo riddled) text as the description!

Below are my ground rules, that I have stated a million times over the six years I have been a staff member. I post them again as a last ditch effort in the hopes of people regaining their respect for both the DD and the real people with full time jobs who are the staff members that volunteer to select them;

1. I will only accept digital artworks. This means no photography, and no poetry.

2. The work must be of an exceptional standard. I don't care if the artist who made it is the loveliest person of all time - the artwork must be brilliant. It is possible that I have higher standards than most - my benchmark is the depthcore.com collective - if the work is not of the same standard as the guys I interact with on a daily basis, then you can bet your bottom dollar they will not be getting any kind of feature from me. Which leads nicely to..

3. Do not suggest the work of depthCORE members. Believe it or not, I'm probably a little more familiar with their galleries than you are, and will feature them of my own volition.

4. Do not suggest pieces that have over 100 favourites. This number used to be lower, but increased traffic around these parts makes 100 a reasonable number. I've been getting notes for pieces with over 3000 favs. What possible good will it do an artist to feature a piece that is already so well exposed? It's just common sense.

5. I didn't think I needed to mention this, but following several comments and suggestions, it's evident that I do; Don't suggest yourself, it makes you look like a wanker.

And that's it! Not hard! Not demanding! Nothing outside of common sense and courtesy.

I hope it goes without saying that henceforth, all suggestions I receive that do not meet these simple criteria will continue to be ignored. I can't tell you how disappointed and frustrated I am at having been put in the position where I need to write such a negative journal entry.

Bah.