I think it's obvious now that some creators, you among them, are welcome by all but the most ornery of the membership. So I would say, keep posting, we like you!
What we're working out now, is who we are when we can no longer keep up the illusion of SD being by fans, for fans only. I say illusion, because there's been a creator presence on the comm for some time. What we won't become, is a shill for Big Comics. (Big Comics - hee!) Some people have suggested that one way to keep the comm from having future legal troubles, is to partner with publishers. That's not even option, because as you say, it's not SD if it's not reader-driven, and it can't be reader-driven if the content we post, and how we post it, is determined by someone other than the readers.
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What we're working out now, is who we are when we can no longer keep up the illusion of SD being by fans, for fans only. I say illusion, because there's been a creator presence on the comm for some time. What we won't become, is a shill for Big Comics. (Big Comics - hee!) Some people have suggested that one way to keep the comm from having future legal troubles, is to partner with publishers. That's not even option, because as you say, it's not SD if it's not reader-driven, and it can't be reader-driven if the content we post, and how we post it, is determined by someone other than the readers.
It's... community growing pains. :)