Forum stats are often misleading, I have my computer located between my workshop and my coffee machine, therefore I look at this and other forums as well as my Email on the frequent journeys between the two key points of my day, if I happen to open your gallery post, make coffee go to the workshop for 47 minutes then on route to the next coffee hit refresh on the open page I will have looked at least twice according to the stats, but may not have stopped once to really look.
On another forum I have a multi page review, that involved me stopping work frequently to take stage pictures etc. which has been seen over 200 times without a single comment it is not only the nature of the internet, I also have articles into the club newsletter, which receive zero feedback, I know they get messed up with photo's out of place or even non related photo's mixed in to them, but even that should get some comment! I missed this months deadline as I was away for a few days, and there is NOTHING except editors notes in this month newsletter.
But I work on the optimistic theory that someone will one day recall one line of my babble and go out and do something fun or useful as a result.
Many of the pictures in the gallery I don't comment on, but they are all designs floating around my head that may one day map onto a piece of timber I put on the lathe, so please continue to post, pewter doesn't interest me at this moment of my life, but shapes and forms and ideas come from seeing things. Similarly I was in Cornwall yesterday, spotted some turning by John Fells, no idea if he is a member here, the shapes and forms were mostly standard fare but I took interest in the pricing for the items, it will all help to guide my hand to ensure that I am in the ball park with my work. The community of turners is important especially as we are often so far apart and so distracted in this modern world.
In a nutshell, Please keep sharing your work, I can't always comment, often if I just think "that's nice" it feels wrong to just say it. But if I copy the design that is a great compliment, you will probably have to just imagine it happened as I will have forgotten the source of inspiration long before I forget the flow and form of a design.
Damn... coffee has been drunk... need to make one to take to the shop now!