Does this type of "script" really bother anyone aesthetically? I can't stand looking at it...

This sounds more like a commentary on what's behind the letters as opposed to the letters themselves, but perhaps it's worth discussing since it may be the root issue at hand, here.

Interest and wider adoption can be a force for good, but I believe it has to be moderated to some degree.

I wonder, would you be OK if anyone in the world could suddenly instantly gain legitimate access to your national citizenship by just printing out ID from the internet, and proceed enjoy all its benefits without needing to integrate first, prove they aren't criminals, that they wouldn't be a burden on the social system, etc.? Would you be OK with (what would assuredly be) a tremendous flood of people putting such a strain on your resources that you weren't able to get the supplies you needed to live? How do you think such a citizen might be perceived abroad before vs. after that transition?

Those are the kinds of things I find displeasing about "modern calligraphy". That which is so easily won becomes valueless. If everyone who once picked up a flex-nibbed pen and doodled some letters is a calligrapher, then nobody is. The word loses its meaning.

Since there is no governing body that holds members to a common standard (e.g. law, medicine, engineering), it is up for individuals to decide for themselves whether they want to accept other scribes as peers or not, and what kind of content they want to see on the sub. I for one don't care for either where modern calligraphy is concerned: We have more than enough "first day" posters that are gone in a matter of weeks, and such little respect for more experienced members that they have all but given up posting their work here—or has nobody noticed that the /r/Calligraphy spring vanished almost as quickly as it began?

If you think inviting more low-quality posts is the solution to the problem, by all means, that's your prerogative. I think it's just going to keep driving the people who take this art/craft more seriously away from Reddit. The content will be crappier—and stay that way—because the only way these people are likely to improve is through constructive criticism and feedback from those more experienced people being driven away.

Don't take my word for it, though; I invite other more experienced members to chime in with their thoughts, if they're still around to see this.

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