I would like to say goodbye to those who provide interesting feedback.

Becuase of the negative comments and outright rudeness of litestep.net members, I will know longer use this site.
I will be posting my work on http://techronin.deviantart.com/

This was what sealed it for me
I spent alot of time on a theme
and this is the only comment made:
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bigfriend
19.May.04 @ 22:02
That clock SUCKS! PUT AN ANALOG ONE! WITH DATE ON IT AND SECONDS !
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It's just sad, other sites I have posted on have either no comments or positive comments, helpful suggestions and no dumbass remarks.

You probably won't get to read this, if you've taken off already, but here goes anyway:

If you let people like 'bigfriend' get to you, you're going to have a rough time. Its an obvious post designed to piss you off. Ignore it. It is always hoped that you received more positive/helpful feedback than negative. We all know the feeling of putting a lot of effort into something, and not receiving much feedback on it. That is simply the nature of giving away free stuff. Once in a while someone will say thanks, but more often that not some troll or thankless individual offers a useless comment like the one you got.

So, if you aren't doing this just for the love of doing it, and are looking instead for some recognition you feel you deserve, you will be disapointed. Grow up and move on. But if you do it because you simply want to, then that one nice comment now and then make it that much more worthwhile, because you know someone else found your work useful as well.

In any case consider staying out of public scrutiny if you can't handle a troll like bigfriend. It'll be a bit more boring, but much more 'safe'.

Not really looking for recognition (well maybe a little.) I just enjoy making themes and I can't stand stupid people who go out of thier way to be an ass. I can't figure out why peole do the things that they do. Now, I'm not going the cry or say poor me, thats not my style. I would just rather be somewhere more positive. I try to teach my daughter to be positive and to not be rude or inconsiderate and she is 11 yrs old and she understands the concept. I have no urge to preach to anyone about how to treat people or complain about the state of the world. I just wanted to make a statement on my way out. Maybe it will ring a bell for someone, maybe not.

The only way you can make a difference is to stick around and be the person who says 'good job' to other people. Loud exits are typically soon forgotten.

The reason people like bigfriend do what they do, is because they are loosers and the only way they can feel important is by putting down others, and in doing so they hope it will cause a public out burst such as this, and thus they get some recognition, as twisted of a thought process as that may be.

Then again some people just simply find it funny to diss someone else and give them a hard time. Go figure.

take care.

Its a shame to see you go tech. Some of your themes, particuarly busybar, were really good and I use them quite a bit.

I've found that most people who only say stupid negative comments, are generally the stupid people who would never be able to be creative or make something themselves, so bagging other people must be a way of making them feel bigger.

Try not let them get to you, as they aren't worth the time to worry about.

Good luck in your future projects..

don't get frustrated by dumb posts, ignore them... plus always have a portion of irony in your pocket... don't always take things serious... there's alot more people that appreciate your work than you know of... only that they do not always comment on it...

How can I argue if you guys kept being logical. I apologize for the post did not intend to say everybody was being rude. I just have a pet peev for that sort of thing. Anyway I do appreiciate these comments.