Among the art sites I frequent, DeviantArt has become uniquely devoid of meaningful human interactions. I have taken some time to think about why this might be. I believe the main cause for me was the push for content delivery algorithms over the traditional system of seeing art and journals from the people you watch, where finding more art was a process of active exploration rather than passive consumption. This has made the whole experience less genuine and more competitive.
The situation has been greatly aggravated by the increasingly aggressive monetisation schemes and the more recent flood of AI generated images.
It has been years since I felt any sense of community here, and for me this place has become an embodiment of social atomisation.
This page will remain up until further notice, but I do not plan on posting anything more.
As of now I am still active on the following sites:
Mastodon: https://equestria.social/home
FurAffinity (sfw): https://sfw.furaffinity.net/user/oddwarg
FurAffinity (18+): https://www.furaffinity.net/user/oddwarg
Inkbunny (18+): https://inkbunny.net/Oddwarg
Weasyl (18+): https://www.weasyl.com/~oddwarg
Itch: https://oddwarg.itch.io/
Web: https://oddwarg.com/
Announcement here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oddwarg/sulphur-nimbus-hels-elixir
Game is here: