So, what happened to the comments on dA?
I've been noticing that deviantART has been awfully quiet over the past two years I've been back.
I remember 2010-2014 era deviantART where an upload could easily reach +10 comments on a slow day, but now in 2022, people just silently favouriting pieces without much feedback.
I know that the Eclipse update basically murdered inter-community interaction by killing off all previously fondly used features like the chat and neglecting the forums and user groups, but I didn't expect it to be this barren.
dA staff have tried to implement those frankly insulting pre-generated comment suggestions, and is therefore aware of the problem, but the approach is at best tone deaf.
So, what do you guys think about it? Any other dA oldies who have anything to say about this?
Someone stole my art and turned it into an NFT.
I've been notified by dA that one of my most popular pieces, Undone, has been minted for sale on OpenSea for about $260.
If anyone knows how to get this taken down, please do tell me. Any help would be lovely.
Thank you, everyone!
So, I stuck around.
Hey guys. Well, maybe guy and a half out there that still read journal updates.
So, it seems like I stuck around for longer than I expected, and I've had one hell of an artistic output recently.
I hope you guys have enjoyed the off-the-wall UltraFractal stuff I've posted recently! Personally, I thought I would maybe squeeze out like one or two pieces and then fade back into the background noise, but I'm having a really fun time playing with UltraFractal again after all of these years.
Anyway, anyone knows what's left of the fractal community here on dA? Since Eclipse and the removal of gallery categories and the gimping of groups, my outreach hasn't been as easy as I expected it to be, so it would be nice to get pointed in the right direction.
A lot of things have happened, and I ended up in a spot where making art made me feel sick to the stomach, and I literally couldn't push myself to do anything in UltraFractal. The parameter pack I uploaded for you guys to use was supposed to be my Swansong to the community, but I guess that there is still a little life back in me to start to create again.
My output won't be anywhere near what it was before, and some of the stuff I'll upload might seem repetitive and stale, but remember that I'm more or less starting over.
I've been bouncing between jobs and had some serious illnesses and injuries, but I'm mostly fine now, I guess. At least as fine as "I" get, with the curses I've had to burden from being born in a fragile body.
Anyway, Since I'm back, I just wanted to thank everyone that have left a birthday greeting for me despite my long absence. Thank you, guys!
Anyway, there's that. Hello everyone! Hope you guys are still exited to see what I upload in the future.
So, how the fuck do you join chatrooms?
Flash is on, adblock is off for chat.deviantart.com/* and so is Ghostery.
I was able to join randomly the other day, but since then, failures.
FireFox 49.0.2