dickhead scumbag scammer

[RoberII]

So I was stumbling around dA earlier, reading some good stuff, reading some bad stuff, all was good, and then I stumble over some shit. I'll just copy from my dA journal:

So I stumbled over this journal earlier, and it's a deviant asking other deviants to send him pictures or poems which he will then use in a fucking commercial newsletter. Well, nothing wrong with that, except this particular deviant is supposed to be doing this himself, and he hasn't been doing his job and now he expects the others to do it for him.

For free.

But in return, he'll like totally put in a good word for them and maybe someone will buy their prints (sure they will).

What a fucking scumbag.

"Hey, why don't you come by my office sometime this week and do my job for me while I take a nap or play WoW (I'm like THIS close to getting an epic mount!) - I won't pay you, but maybe someone else will hire you afterwards. Sounds good?"

Look people, if you want to be read (or watched), there's nothing wrong with that. But send your poetry to a magazine, even if it's just for free. Don't let some scammer take advantage of you without at the very least getting a piece of the action - and if he's getting paid, it's not like he couldn't (scratch that - he CAN and he SHOULD) pay you a couple of bucks.

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Anyway, here's a link, go tell him what a dickhead he is (or not, I just felt like venting): http://realartizt.deviantart.com/journal...0#comments

[Kuro]

(06-17-2012 11:00 PM)RoberII Wrote:  So I was stumbling around dA earlier, reading some good stuff, reading some bad stuff, all was good, and then I stumble over some shit. I'll just copy from my dA journal:

So I stumbled over this journal earlier, and it's a deviant asking other deviants to send him pictures or poems which he will then use in a fucking commercial newsletter. Well, nothing wrong with that, except this particular deviant is supposed to be doing this himself, and he hasn't been doing his job and now he expects the others to do it for him.

For free.

But in return, he'll like totally put in a good word for them and maybe someone will buy their prints (sure they will).

What a fucking scumbag.

"Hey, why don't you come by my office sometime this week and do my job for me while I take a nap or play WoW (I'm like THIS close to getting an epic mount!) - I won't pay you, but maybe someone else will hire you afterwards. Sounds good?"

Look people, if you want to be read (or watched), there's nothing wrong with that. But send your poetry to a magazine, even if it's just for free. Don't let some scammer take advantage of you without at the very least getting a piece of the action - and if he's getting paid, it's not like he couldn't (scratch that - he CAN and he SHOULD) pay you a couple of bucks.

* * *

Anyway, here's a link, go tell him what a dickhead he is (or not, I just felt like venting): http://realartizt.deviantart.com/journal...0#comments

The worst part is that the kids on dA don't even realise they're being taken in. I'm totally cool with for the luv projects, as long as you know what you're getting into. These kids honestly have no idea what they're doing/applying for. All they see is "your name in print".

[Stone]

It's the "one person ruins it for the whole class" deal. I mean really!? bah!!! Poor kids.