Bordertown

A pattern I've noticed, through personal experience.

*Somebody lovebombs your content, initially. After which they consistently dig what is decent content, which is stylistically different to their own album.

*Then they ask if they can evolve, in comments, putting you on the spot. So you comply, and unlock the privacy gate, given it's a basic set of tech-specific prompts (and not a novel with a number of modifiers) and the piece itself isn't a unique one (or part of a unique series).

*They get what they want, their profile's reach explodes.And then you hear crickets from them - The chase for visibility & likes reveals much about people.

From snippets I've read it's considered taboo to not leave prompts open, as well as the evolvement/duplicate option. It's considered selfish, and there are folks that have a policy to never like closed prompt (or no evolve/closed shop) content, or challenge downvote specific content they recognise and to me that reeks of emotional immaturity.

By the way: i will keep my prompts open and i like it when people find my art worthy enough to evolve ... but ... and that's a big BUT(T) ... if they don't even consider leaving a like, hide the prompt and the source ... i feel a little ripped off ... just had to vent this ...