I have been a part of the Deviant Art community since 2012, only actively been publishing my deviations to it since 2013. I never really realized how poorly Deviant Art's staff and support was until I ran into a few problems concerning art theft. As much as I appreciate it's wide-variety of art and their additions to customizing personal profiles, I can't say it doesn't go through quite the fight with a good majority of it's web viewers.
A situation happened a day or two ago about the recent changes during the weekend, a notice in price rises and an 'odd' icon difference sent the whole community in rage. What situation? Well, you see, as long as I can remember DA (Deviant Art) has had a subscription via monthly called 'premium membership'. It allows you to customize your profile, do certain privacy settings, and basically gives you more benefits than a normal user without it. It recently has changed into what is ,now, called 'CORE Membership'. The only thing different of the two is the raised price of $29.99 (for a year of 'premium' membership) to $50.00 (for a year …show more content…
I plan to support DA considering I do enjoy their community, whether their ticketing support service is annoying or not, and find those who are willing to provide valid information to back DA up. This can all end in a civil manner, it's just a matter of time before DeviantArt employees and the community come together to discuss the matter of the changes.
In conclusion, I think this all could've been well avoided if DeviantArt had given more power to it's viewers and subscribers than to place needless features as well as hang a shadow over their community's eyes when it came to changes that impacted the lives of many artists, in which earn their living on the art website. The only thing we can hope for is that DeviantArt continues to put it's pieces together after it's loss, and not turn into a ghost town of broken dreams and lost
A situation happened a day or two ago about the recent changes during the weekend, a notice in price rises and an 'odd' icon difference sent the whole community in rage. What situation? Well, you see, as long as I can remember DA (Deviant Art) has had a subscription via monthly called 'premium membership'. It allows you to customize your profile, do certain privacy settings, and basically gives you more benefits than a normal user without it. It recently has changed into what is ,now, called 'CORE Membership'. The only thing different of the two is the raised price of $29.99 (for a year of 'premium' membership) to $50.00 (for a year …show more content…
I plan to support DA considering I do enjoy their community, whether their ticketing support service is annoying or not, and find those who are willing to provide valid information to back DA up. This can all end in a civil manner, it's just a matter of time before DeviantArt employees and the community come together to discuss the matter of the changes.
In conclusion, I think this all could've been well avoided if DeviantArt had given more power to it's viewers and subscribers than to place needless features as well as hang a shadow over their community's eyes when it came to changes that impacted the lives of many artists, in which earn their living on the art website. The only thing we can hope for is that DeviantArt continues to put it's pieces together after it's loss, and not turn into a ghost town of broken dreams and lost