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Baking_Booth
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:37 pm |
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Just a thought. I've seen a lot of cakes that can 100 favorites and only 3 comments. Obviously people thought enough about them to save them in the first place it would be nice if you left a comment.
Again, just a thought.  |
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CakeDiva73
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:20 pm |
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molassas in Alaska....... that is how slow the server (or my computer) moves when I am trying to look at pics. I 'save' first & if it's done while I am still around, I am sure to leave a comment. If it never loads up, I skip it...... I mean no disrespect, however.
You have a great idea, but for me, it has more to do with loading times then flat-out slefishness. |
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chutzpah
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
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Location: nowherenearchurch
Birthday: Mar 12
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:30 pm |
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BS.
Don't be so sensitive. Take it as a compliment that someone liked your cake enough to save it as a favorite.
If I mark a cake as a favorite it is an enormous compliment. I mean, I thought the cake was cool enough to even look at, let alone pick as a favorite. I don't look at all cakes, just ones that catch my eye in some way. I don't save all cakes I look at, either.
It has nothing to do with selfishness. I'm a busy woman. I don't have time to leave a comment on every cake I look at/save. |
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Carson
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Joined: Mar 28, 2007
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Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:31 pm |
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It would be nice, we all like comments, but I don't think we should start making requirements for people when they save a favorite photo. Sometimes I don't leave a comment because everything I wanted to say was already said, usually 10 times. But I do like getting comments so I try to leave comments on photos that I don't even save to favs when I have a few extra minutes. |
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all4cake
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Joined: Jul 02, 2006
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Location: NC
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:42 pm |
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That is EXACTLY why I turned off comments on my photos. I wanted people to be able to view, save...whatever without feeling obligated to leave a comment. I am not saying that I don't like comments or commenting. I just don't like the idea that someone would feel they had to. |
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mclaren
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Joined: Jun 02, 2008
Posts: 102
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:43 pm |
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i don't have photos to show off yet, as i don't think they are worthy to put up on CC, not as good as the ones i've seen here.
however, if i have pics uploaded here, to have members here saving my pics as favorites is more than enough as far as compliments go. i've seen cakes with like 500+ favorites, & i go, WOW... there are more than 500 ppl out there who love this cake (not counting those who also love the cake but couldn't save as favorites becoz this site sometimes hanged on us).
well... that's me, how i would have felt. unsure about how the cake decorator him/herself feels about ppl saving as fav, but hardly leave any comments. |
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toodlesjupiter
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Joined: Sep 26, 2007
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Location: Riverside, CA
Birthday: Feb 21
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:44 pm |
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If I can, and have time, I leave a comment, and when I do it's sincere. Sometimes I don't either have time, or something original to say, so I don't leave one. I find it at least as, if not more flattering when someone saves my cake as a favorite, than if they leave me a comment. I would rather have more favorites, than an insincere comment made out of obligation any day. Just my 2 cents. |
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GenGen
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Joined: May 17, 2007
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Location: Northern Idaho
Birthday: Dec 16
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:52 pm |
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the only time i dont leave a comment is when i'm at work. yes i should be working if i dont have time to leave a comment but.. when i'm at work and i'm looking at cake pics here, and a customer comes in. i mark the favorite and close out immediately.
if i'm in a busy mode i don't open cc at all. but most times when i do look at a pic and mark it as a favorite- i do leave a comment  |
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all4cake
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:52 pm |
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I've always felt that any comment, from "wow!" to "great job! to the more specific, "Incredible borders!" or even just a 'thumbs up' sign have been sincere whether it was left by me or for me...and no comment, IMO, was less appreciated than another. |
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mariela_ms
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Location: Arizona
Birthday: Jan 21
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:59 pm |
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| chutzpah wrote: | BS.
Don't be so sensitive. Take it as a compliment that someone liked your cake enough to save it as a favorite.
If I mark a cake as a favorite it is an enormous compliment. I mean, I thought the cake was cool enough to even look at, let alone pick as a favorite. I don't look at all cakes, just ones that catch my eye in some way. I don't save all cakes I look at, either.
It has nothing to do with selfishness. I'm a busy woman. I don't have time to leave a comment on every cake I look at/save. |
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SugarFrosted
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Location: LR,AR
Birthday: Jun 27
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:12 pm |
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There have been threads like this in the past, and threads where people complained because of the content of the comments.
"too generic" "too specific" "too critical" "too nice" "too brief" "don't ask me how I did the cake" "no one asked me how I did the cake"
I used to always leave positive comments. I would never criticize anyone's work. Now I rarely leave a comment at all because I might "say" the wrong thing.
My mother used to say "Damned if I do, damned if I don't"
As I've gotten older, I have come to know what she meant.
We can't win, no matter what we do.
btw, well said, chutzpah! you always wear that name well |
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indydebi
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Location: Indianapolis IN
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Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:37 am |
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| chutzpah wrote: | BS.
Don't be so sensitive. Take it as a compliment that someone liked your cake enough to save it as a favorite.
If I mark a cake as a favorite it is an enormous compliment. I mean, I thought the cake was cool enough to even look at, let alone pick as a favorite. I don't look at all cakes, just ones that catch my eye in some way. I don't save all cakes I look at, either.
It has nothing to do with selfishness. I'm a busy woman. I don't have time to leave a comment on every cake I look at/save. |
ditto!
They looked .... compliment #1 .... they saved ....super compliment #2. |
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merissa
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Joined: Jun 07, 2006
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Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:01 am |
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jeez..not this again! LOL. Sure it is GREAT to get comments, but I've got other stuff to worry about. |
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robinscakes
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Joined: Jul 07, 2007
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Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:12 am |
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I agree that as cake decorators we're all busy, but we all found time to respond to this thread, didn't we? (I know...sometimes we reeeeally DON'T have time and we should all understand that). I think it is those (like me) who don't get a whole lot of comments or favorites who just get enough of a boost from them to keep going. I doubt myself all the time, and it's great to see that someone else appreciates my work, especially someone else in the business. I think suggestions are great, too. I've only every had one person make a suggestion about one of my cakes and it was helpful. Another reason that a comment is nice is that you get to see who is looking at your cakes. If your cake was commented on by a "big dog" here, it's a big deal! When I look at the caliber of some of these cakes and see that their creators left me a compliment, it's really a great feeling. It doesn't really take much more time to add a compliment and I will make sure that I do that from now on. |
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indydebi
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Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:18 am |
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| robinscakes wrote: | | .... and it's great to see that someone else appreciates my work |
if they marked it as a favorite, then that tells me they "appreciate" my work. |
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