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Re: Ask HN: Do people still use DeviantArt?

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Post by Meph504 »

Adrig wrote: post #49
optimalsolver wrote: post #34

Most people use Artstation now. https://www.artstation.com

I feel like ArtStation is more geared towards professionals artists and illustrators. It's a blast if you're browsing but lack the community side of Deviantart.

I feel the internet that existed when deviant art made sense has sorted of died off, Today the web seems more about people all trying to get fame, make political statements or cash for every little thing they do.

Deviant art like so many of the sites that were mostly supported by a sense of community have died off, and given the massive potential for blow back over a communities behavior it seems unwise for newer sites to push that side of things.

Re: Ask HN: Do people still use DeviantArt?

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Post by zeruch »

PinkPigeon wrote: post #35
zeruch wrote: post #21

Former gallery admin/volunteer staff here (2004-2008): The site got bought by Wix a few years back and is a mixed bag at this point. It's had a long history of junior management/hubris making avoidable errors and missing opportunities to lead (I also attribute this to being led from LA, by very inexperienced management, where media/content properties see things through a very Big Content distorted prism in and of its…

Wix are true experts at terrible UX ;) DeviantArt was the first place where I shared photography, a very, very long time ago. My account still works, funnily enough. It was a great place that reminds me of the MySpace / wild west days of the earlier internet. Good memories.

Good memories indeed.

Which user were you? I've had an account the last 20 years, so...

They never close accounts unless the user directly chooses to delete it, or they get perma-banned.

Re: Ask HN: Do people still use DeviantArt?

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Post by zeruch »

rajishx wrote: post #48
PinkPigeon wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wix are true experts at terrible UX ;) DeviantArt was the first place where I shared photography, a very, very long time ago. My account still works, funnily enough. It was a great place that reminds me of the MySpace / wild west days of the earlier internet. Good memories.

the product managers botched it, it's a shame it could have been so much better than this.

The PMs were beholden to execs. At one point I interviewed for a PM role there, and realized they couldn't afford me to suffer that level of chaos.

DA leadership was either bunkered in R&D projects, or glibly shifting gears every other week. It was mostly torpor-inducing, but occasionally totally exasperating. I imagine it was infinitely worse for the paid staff.

Re: Ask HN: Do people still use DeviantArt?

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Post by Crono »

Used it a lot until they turned off the old UI - this killed DeviantArt for me as it was not possible anymore to discover the content reliably. They ditched categories entirely, with no alternative. I'm still sad about this, as DA was absolutely awesome. No, I'm not sad ... I'm a bit angry, I have to say. It's another great site that needlessly got fucked by greed, modernization, ignorance and a lot of other bad stuff happening way too often these days ... I think i would even pay for DeviantArt reverting this stuff.

Edit: Asked on reddit how to navigate on DeviantArt some year ago [1] - still nobody could give me an answer. But a few noticed the same thing: Absence of Navigation ...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/DeviantArt/comments/gv1qsu/how_to_n...

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