>>36229686everyone likes attention to some degree or another. and when you're in a community full of artists who everyone likes to see, and who everyone wants to make art of themselves/their oshi, of course some people see that and go "wait, that seems nice, i want some of that."
beside which, you're in a community full of anxious low self esteemers who haven't gotten much affection/approval in their lives. of course they yearn for that, at least a bit. though of course that can manifest in different ways, such as not feeling deserving of attention, cough cough.
