Friday Q&A

Questionable Restriction

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Q&A. In this weekly feature, I explore issues facing Fark's Photoshop community. I also do my best to goad anyone who might disagree with me into suicide. Or at the very least, voluntary sterilization. If you'd like, you can borrow my pliers.

Q: Why was the queue so short this week?

A: Apparently, Fark's high command is experimenting with a "less is more" policy regarding Photoshop contests. That's the only explanation I have, as the number of approved threads slowed to a trickle. Here's how the queue looked on Thursday:


When you factor that a great deal of TotalFark Photoshoppers don't do much else with their subscriptions besides entering these contests, you begin to see the frustration many of us have faced in recent weeks.

Q: What can be done to solve this problem?

A: Given that we seem to experience a similar crisis every few months, I propose not doing anything at all. Then, when the problem inevitably solves itself, pretend you actually did do something. You'll find this same course of action to be useful in many areas of your life. In the meantime, whether or not you continue to submit to the queue is your choice, given that it appears to be an exercise in frustration.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks again for stopping by. It may be possible that the recent Photoshop downtime has you contemplating a change in hobbies. Have you ever tried decoupage? Just don't start a whiny, self-important blog, that's my thing.

Stay tune for more territorial dominance from the Doctor!