Okay, guys,
I think I need to be hard. I am more than 9 years an deviant here on dA. This is good for me to compare the past and now. And maybe have a clue how dA will be in the future.
I have the feeling dA is getting more and more heartless. And I am not the only one. I set up a little poll, and the few who took part gave me this:
The first years I was here, everything here was great! Great artists, nice people who you could talk to (and who talked with you, TOO!), a lot of fun with the community, reaction on my work, reactions on what I wrote for you, feedback like comments and faves and so on. But this has changed extremly. I feel lonely here most of the time. I have no Fun being part of this community anymore. (And I think may have the same opinion, as many left the community)
But what can we do?
This is why I will write some journals, all about this topic. I will tell you my point of few, and what I (!) think might be a great step to a better community.
First Step
First delete the deviants you watch. Of course not all, but many or most.
I had almost 700 I watched (including groups). In the last hour I began to delete them. I went through a-e, and I already deleted 150. So many deviants who really make great art, but I am no more interested in their art with heart.
Why
Why I did this? We all have a limited capacity for looking thorugh deviations and journals and stuff. We CAN'T look at all the stuff of so many others. So what happens? We delete most of the stuff even without looking at it.
So, isn't it better to watch just a few? And then support these few really good? With comments and with faves? This is how a community has to be: Supporting each other. And you can't support 1000 deviants at once. You just can't.
I really want a deviantArt which is a little bit like it was in the past, warm, nice and cosy. And not a second Facebook with a crowded timeline, which I can never go through. I am no hypocrite. Who don't want to follow me, please unfollow me. It does not help any otherrwise.
Help deviantArt to be a better place again! Really! If you want to help, you can help with sharing this journal e.g.
Everybody should at least think about it.
Help!
I have more on my list. More journals will come.
Please give me your feedback on this topic!
