After all these years i finally Deactiaved my old DA acco...
3 years ago
General
Tbh i havent used it for years at this point, i pretty much shifted away from it once i started to focus on making more smut content that would get me banned from there. But i still kept checking on it time to time to see whats happening.
And then Eclipse happened that fucked over the old UI and for while i literally couldnt find where my messages or newest artpieces from people i watched where. That kinda was where i abandoned DA for while since i couldnt figure out the controls and could have left it at that.
Then AI art thing occurred where DA tried to implement their own AI art generator, which ofcs receives input from taking it from the art pieces at DA without artist's permission. Tho the eventual backlash made them opt out of it by default instead of being forced to it. But think thats the final start for most people, including me.
I also dont really have anything pulling me back to DA, dont have any friends or people who'v iv still been in contact with from DA, and only artist i remember who moved from DA to FA i still remember would be
DG254 so there's that. Only Nostalgic factor i had was maybe going back to look at some of my old stuff from years ago, except most of it was crap i made in MS paint thinking i was some master artist, and random screenshots from videos, for whatever reason.
But well guess thats all of it, the shitty moves made by DA admins combined with having nothing left to keep there made me finally delete it. And if i ever feel returning, well guess its better to start with Blank slate than having gallery of +600 crappy ms paint drawings and screenshots.
And then Eclipse happened that fucked over the old UI and for while i literally couldnt find where my messages or newest artpieces from people i watched where. That kinda was where i abandoned DA for while since i couldnt figure out the controls and could have left it at that.
Then AI art thing occurred where DA tried to implement their own AI art generator, which ofcs receives input from taking it from the art pieces at DA without artist's permission. Tho the eventual backlash made them opt out of it by default instead of being forced to it. But think thats the final start for most people, including me.
I also dont really have anything pulling me back to DA, dont have any friends or people who'v iv still been in contact with from DA, and only artist i remember who moved from DA to FA i still remember would be
DG254 so there's that. Only Nostalgic factor i had was maybe going back to look at some of my old stuff from years ago, except most of it was crap i made in MS paint thinking i was some master artist, and random screenshots from videos, for whatever reason.But well guess thats all of it, the shitty moves made by DA admins combined with having nothing left to keep there made me finally delete it. And if i ever feel returning, well guess its better to start with Blank slate than having gallery of +600 crappy ms paint drawings and screenshots.
FA+

Now its got a lot more monitization options like a mini patreon
Groups became a mess
And eclipse ruined an otherwise very functional interface.
Then there was the whole AI art contraversy.....
I started on da but well fa kinda overtook like 5 years back for me.
I still visit my da weekly or fourthnightly to clear it out.
Tho they didnt allow porn to be posted, so when i eventually switched to making mostly Worgen smut i kinda stopped using it. occasionaly checking in to clear messages or to see whats new there.
And then Eclipsed happened and it was all downhill from there. if you want to know more, Izzzyzzz made video about the Rise and Fall of Deviantart https://youtu.be/cOSTsJR8hHY