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Oha — Eclipse Boycott (tomorrow!)
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Published: 2020-04-23 02:09:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 10287; Favourites: 402; Downloads: 0
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Remember to log out, starting from tomorrow and till at least 3rd of May!
We won't change the switch to a new site this way, I guess, but maybe we could at least make the admins notice our requests for improving the "New DA" and get some of the old features back!
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Please check out the movement!
www.deviantart.com/zebracorn-c…
www.deviantart.com/howl-n-hart…
No activity on DA on May 1-3, please!
Just log out or something!
Also, is this COINCIDENCE?
Please also see my conversation with one of the staff members who replied to my Status, probably you could ask some questions, too!
www.deviantart.com/comments/62…
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And I'll just repeat what I've said in my recent Status update (www.deviantart.com/oha/status/… ):
Lol, nice try, #Deviantart. Keep switching me to #Eclipse. Like you're hoping I would forget to switch back to an old design and continue using Eclipse? It's impossible to forget, cause Eclipse is absolutely impossible to use. It was waste of money, sorry.
UPDATE. They officially gonna erase an old DA.
www.deviantartsupport.com/en/a…
This is The End.
I'm gonna prepare for the funeral of my favorite website. ;_;
Seriously, they're even too scared to post the news with comments turned on to it.
Update 2
I'm screenshoting every page of my gallery and instruments like Deviation manager, just for memory ;_;
Also, for me it's a great personal loss. I've been here half of my life. None of the changes were THIS bad.
I have a giant following here. NO other social network gives me so many comments and feedback, I will never feel so much a part of community as I do feel here.
And everyone will leave now...
Life is gonna get more lonely.
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And just in case, My OTHER ART/ANIMATION POSTING PLATFORMS:
www.deviantart.com/oha/journal…
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ohaart/
Twitter: twitter.com/Oha_art
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/oha_art
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/ohalove
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ohaart
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Comments: 176
Thank you!!! I HATE HATE HATE The stupid new eclipse look! Its terrible, unusable and there is zero reasons for them to be doing this.
Maybe if we keep posting this, they will keep the damn reverse button slider so those of us who wish to keep it perfect AS IS, then we can have that?
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Going past JUST not liking Eclipse, there has to be some legalities in this as well. For one, we all at the beginning of the year, paid $50 for our yearly membership. We thought we were paying for the ability to decorate our home page, make polls, etc. Eclipse from what I know, doesn't give you the ability to deck out your page, and also takes away and makes polls available to non core users as well. While that is nice in hindsight, that is not okay. They are changing the terms of the website, therefore, changing what we paid for. That's not ethical, and a breach of terms on their end for all the people being forced to change. If they are changing Eclipse and making it mandatory, they need to refund our purchase of Core, because the $50 is not being used as we thought it would be.
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Glad you agree. I am studying business law, and just analyzed the situation. It's totally unethical and they can 100% be sued for breach of terms, and a lot more, because clearly our $50 was not being used for what we thought.
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I hope we can do something
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Thanks for the reminder! Anyway I can share this?
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Ah yes my bad.
Anyway it's 1 AM of 4th of May for me and I returned. XP
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wh-
Are you all fucking kidding me?! A BOYCOTT!?!? nonononono, I regretted on joining in on the no eclipse but this....no just no!
I looked at the eclipse for a bit and I decided to apologize to the DA staff for joining in on this shit, we can just ask them on where certain things are.
This is nonsense... complete nonsense.
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I think the point is that MANY users have asked and given feedback, but dA hasn't listened. They never do. I'm not hopeful they'll listen at all but a boycott is a good way to at least try and get the message across that users are serious. It's users that keep the site going, so they should care a little bit. It's not nonsense.
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;-; I'm terrible at understanding this kind of stuff. but alright
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People have asked. The staff doesn't care.
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welp, we just gotta accept changes...i guess...
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They'd be easier to accept if Eclipse wasn't just such a mess. It feels broken and unfocused :<
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But we aren't, that's why we are boycotting. Clearly we are trying to make a change. It's not hard to understand
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Not to be rude or anything but what sweet there's been practically nothing sweet about eclipse
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I've been on DeviantArt for 7 years, I remembered several years ago when people are complaining site-wide about the new logo, Core Membership, and now the new Eclipse layout.
Google Trends predicts popularity every month how DeviantArt keeps going downhill and the people keep leaving the site and find their alternative.
I support DeviantArt since 2013 by purchasing some points and annual membership but today I stopped support the site due to the new Eclipse layout.
The new Eclipse layout still buggy and unfinished, nobody loved it and most people still stick with nostalgia layout.
I might be leaving the site sometimes until the site starts dying their popularity.
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What's a good alternative to deviantart?
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I know Furaffinity. There's barely any posts which doesn't feature animal characters but you can give a try.
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Lol there’s barely any alternatives; that’s he problem.
Instagram and Twitter are OKAY, but they aren’t exactly art sites so it’s hard to gain an audience unless you draw tons of fanart and pander. Tumblrs art community kinda died a year ago when they banned NSFW content.
So yeah, this really sucks.
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did you make the art with the eclipse crossed out?if so can i use it?
i don't like eclipse it it hard for me to use. i prefer the current DA layout. it is easy for me to use, plus it is easy for to tell which of people who watch me has birthday or mention me, etc.
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I'd say this is how democracy dies, but that would imply that it was here to begin with.
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Это жесть и кошмар! Я тоже понаделала скриншотов на память Т_____Т я все надеялась, что этого не произойдет, или что они переделают эклипс. ДА мой любимый сайт с детства. Чувствую себя будто мой дом подрывают. присоединюсь к бойкоту, только даже если нас будет пол сайта, его им? ну три дня упадет у них трафик, да, а потом все ок будет.
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Значит не одна я как дурочка какие подряд странички в пдф на память сохраняю.
Я тут, считай, выросла, в течение восьми лет заходила почти каждый день. Именно, ощущение как будто ворвались в дом какие-то люди, всё разгромили, насрали повсюду, и ничего нельзя починить и отмыть.
Бойкот не поможет скорее всего, ну да хоть их начальству нервы потреплем. Они заслужили. Чем громче скандал, тем лучше.
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А в чем основная проблема? Все никак не пойму(
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As an artstation user DA Eclipse looks deadass like ArtStation.....
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I'd argue artstation is easier to use and looks kinda better rip
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exactly! Art Station is more professional and DA is a mix of intermediate and Pro (in my opinion). Kinda upset how just horrible the update is.
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Also Artstation serves a very different purpose. It's mostly portfolio site, with the ability for people to comment and for potential clients/employers to contact you. I never saw it much as a social media site.
It's very simple and minimalistic, not focusing on creating communities at all in my opinion. It's for putting yourself out there and maybe following others. That is also what site advertises right away: it shows you prints, jobs, marketplace etc.
DA is supposed to be very if not the most community-focused site out there, making it the easiest way to follow art of other people I've ever seen (inbox with stored notifications, organized by user vs all those timeline or bell-based sites). But with Eclipse it takes away a lot of basic functions that made using this place easy, fast and cozy. Not even mentioning that this new look does not match the "feel" of what this site is about but that's personal preference and opinion while usability is, I think, more widely agreed upon - not the best.
I made a whole list about Eclipse because I got so tired of repeating myself over and over again honestly pfhh
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I don't mind them introducing a new design, but not letting us keep the old one is an atrocious decision
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