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So now I have a great big orange banner telling me that DeviantArt wants to be added to my ad blocker's whitelist. Unfortunately, I have noticed in the past that some of the adverts that Deviantart serves up contain all manner of nasties which I would prefer not to get stung with. So, I'm sorry DA, unless you're now telling me you have cleaned up your act with your adverts and can assure me that they are 100% nasty-free then my ad blocker stays active. I know ads are a way of boosting revenue, but I just don't want to take the risk on lowering my defences.
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Become Core

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Yes, I get that people have Core membership, but that bloody orange star if unsightly against everything else on DA. You couldn't have designed a worse logo if you tried. 
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We only pass this way the once. 
I suppose what we forget is trying to make the best of the moment. 
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I have to say that DeviantArt is not the place it used to be. The community has changed for better or for worse - I think it really depends on your view. I find, however, that DeviantART is not really a place for artists any more; or at least not for a lot of us mediocre artists. It's more about who has the biggest chest or who can show the most cleavage or who can show nude pictures of themselves and then claim that this is art. I won't go into the whole argument of what art is, but unfortunately since people seem to want to see this sort of thing, then other art gets drowned out in a sea of mediocre crap.  I don't see DeviantART as a good place for art any more. It's not the supportive community it once was and to be honest, people just want comments on their stuff without necessarily giving back at all.

So since it's the end of the year, I thought I'll try just cutting off from DA. My first instinct would be to close the account completely but there are some good friends that I've made over the years and a lot of work that I actually like here which I don't want to lose. So for now at least, I'll keep the account open but just remain inactive. My art, after all, is first and foremost for my enjoyment and I shouldn't really care what other people think and nobody will even notice if I don't share it anyway.
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There is so much more than this.
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