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Warning, I'm gonna throw one hell of a long hissy fit here.
// dA pet peeves
Ever had that annoying feeling that if something happens one more time you are going to start murdering kittens? I certainly feel like that when I read some of the comments I get on an almost daily basis. I usually hide them as soon as they appear, some of them I flag as spam. And every single time I wonder how people can post something like this and not feel ashamed or at least embarrassed.
----> BEGGING FOR POINTS
The most hilarious example:
The most hilarious example:
"I Hate To Ask...But... Can You Please Donate?"Out of masochistic curiosity, I went to check this person's gallery. Among some eyesores and stolen images, I found a big, stamp-like deviation that said:
"DO NOT beg me for POINTS. If you want points, create point adoptables, set up point commissions on your page. DON'T advertise on others' pages. Wait for the to come to you... not the other way round. You will not get anyone if you force your point commissions on people.I actually facepalmed at that. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Thank you.
Note: this is not meant to be a rude message or anything mean of that agenda, it's simply to get others to listen."
----> BEGGING FOR CAKE BADGES
Authentic comment I once received:
Authentic comment I once received:
O'haaaii!Why would I waste my points/money on someone I totally don't know, who has never bothered to take a look at my gallery and/or leave any valuable feedback?
I'd like a cake-Badge,
Can you give me a badge?
sorry, for this post.
--Janine
----> SWEARING COMMENTS
Spend five minutes browsing and reading comments under the more popular deviations and you will surely find at least one of these:
Spend five minutes browsing and reading comments under the more popular deviations and you will surely find at least one of these:
"Good shit"Excuse me? If your vocabulary is so horribly poor that you can not express yourself in a more polite way, then I pity you. If you are actually trying to sound cool, I have news for you - you fail miserably at that.
"Fuck man, this shit is great!"
"Can you draw me some shit like this?"
"This is some fucking amazing shit!"
----> ATTENTION WHORING COMMENTS
I am quite sure most of us have gotten at least one of those:
I am quite sure most of us have gotten at least one of those:
"Hey, can you look at my gallery?"Well, no. This kind of flattery won't get you anywhere. Quite obviously, I flag such comments as spam - they use popular deviations to seek attention, not even from you - the artist - but from those who will potentially come to see your image and maybe read the comments.
"Pretty image, but come see mine, k?"
"I like it, you have to see my gallery."
"You are such an amazingly, incredibly, breathtakingly talented artist, you must look at my gallery!"
----> LINK COMMENTS
I've gotten a fair share of those. Usually there is no word of comment in them, not even an emoticon, just a plain [link]. I sometimes hover over them to see where they lead in Firefox's link preview - usually they will get you to some place outside dA, be it a MySpace account, Twitter, Facebook or random porn site. I've heard some even get smart and post a direct link that - once clicked - makes you friend/watch/add them on whatever social site they have an account at. Such comments always end up flagged as spam for me.
I've gotten a fair share of those. Usually there is no word of comment in them, not even an emoticon, just a plain [link]. I sometimes hover over them to see where they lead in Firefox's link preview - usually they will get you to some place outside dA, be it a MySpace account, Twitter, Facebook or random porn site. I've heard some even get smart and post a direct link that - once clicked - makes you friend/watch/add them on whatever social site they have an account at. Such comments always end up flagged as spam for me.
----> THIS-REMINDS-ME-OF COMMENTS
These are actually not as bad as the others, but they annoy me to no end:
These are actually not as bad as the others, but they annoy me to no end:
"This reminds me of [insert a title of an anime/cartoon series that I have never heard of]"Let's make things straight. If I do a fanart of anything - I state so clearly in my description. That being said, I live outside the US, I have no idea about most of the TV shows there and I don't know any anime characters because I rather dislike this genre. So no, I was not inspired by them and I would rather you did not suggest that I was. Such comments make you sound like a silly kid who thinks the entire world revolves around your beloved anime series.
"OMG, this is soooo like [insert a name of an anime/movie/show character that I have never heard of]
"Were you inspired by [insert a name/title]?"
"Wow, this looks so much like [insert name/title], you should post it on [repeat the name/title] forums!"
----> I'M-SO-COOL NO-ONE-CAN-UNDERSTAND WHAT-I-WRITE COMMENTS
"lulz, dats sum gud shit n stuff"Give me a moment, I need to bleach my eyes. I'm sorry, but I can not and will not bother to read such butchery of English language.
----> I'M-LAZY-AT-GRAMMAR COMMENTS
"There washing they're car over their."Oh, gods. No, I'm NOT a grammar nazi - English is my second language and I am pretty sure I make a lot of grammar mistakes myself, but these make me cringe every single time. It's BASICS and if you mess them up that much, write yourself a tiny reference card and keep it handy. Errors like that really make your writing difficult to understand.
Whew, looks like I'm done. Now, what's YOUR deviantART pet peeve?
Knock, knock.
So, hello, to whoever is left of my old watchers! NFTs seem to be dead, and I have outlived them, so I decided to pull my works out of the dusty storage and the cobwebs. I missed having a place where I could just go and look at my art. Especially now that I know there won't be any more art from me... Not really my decision, that - you see, I had a stroke, had to spend 5 months in a hospital to learn to walk, talk and eat again, and my hands are still not what they used to be, neither is my brain, to be honest. Holding focus, memorizing details? What are those? I don't know them. Ehh. Humans are faulty and fragile machines, please take good care of yourselves. Anyway, hello again, everyone, here I am, for what little it's worth.
Thank you and I'm sorry.
Well, this is a goodbye. I've been on this site for 16 long years. I've stayed through all the changes, through all the wars and dramas, but NFTs are where I draw the line. Recently, I was alerted that multiple works have been copied from my deviant gallery and posted for sale as NFTs after being altered to hide the subtle watermarks that I always add. Honestly, this is disgusting. I, the artist, am not making any money on my art, why should I allow someone else to do so? I can't - and shouldn't have to - take the time out of my day to report each and every single one of them and make a case, prove that I am the creator to those who chose to host such art indiscriminately. It's just not worth it in the long run; there seems to be no way for me to protect myself and my works against it, so it would keep happening again and again... The best thing I can do is to just pack my things up and move on. To those of my followers who still remember who I am despite my recent inactivity:
Eclipse outrage.
Ever since Deviantart made the announcement about the obligatory move to Eclipse for everyone, I keep seeing people leaving in protest and making a show of it. As if they were making a point by screaming into the void of the Internet that they are terminating their accounts here. And it's just so damn frustrating.
People seriously need to stop overreacting. Eclipse is a change, yes. A big one, too. It will take some time to get used to and get comfortable with, sure. But it's not the end of the world! COVID-19 probably is, though, so worry about that, instead, maybe? Eclipse is pretty damn functional, aesthetically pleasing, and it displays
*taps mic* Is this thing working?
Hello, my watchers!
It's been ages since I made a journal entry other than a tag or a set of memes, and that is a crying shame. According to deviantART, there are over a thousand of you out there watching me and my humble artings. How incredible is that? Even if half of that number are dead accounts - still impressive by my standards. So thank you for sticking with me, with my absences, depression, artist blocks, technical issues, and whatnot.
Now to the sole reason for this journal entry. There is a very special person among you who deserves a lot more recognition than she's getting, and I would like to introduce her to you.
Meet Moriman (https://www.deviantart.com/moriman)
© 2010 - 2024 Tasharene
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-ahem- I understand this journal is old _ from 2010 _ and you may not even read this, but I feel the need to share my two cents, so here they are...
First... PLEASE SPARE THE KITTENS! Go for the dA llamas instead
! They're kind of a pet peeve.
Second, about your points: the begging for points, cake, attention etc. _ In my opinion, it reflects one of the worst aspects of the dA community. It is as if the site was about popularity, not unlike a reality show. People forget deviantART is supposed to be a site for artists to showcase their works and receive feedback, exchange ideas with fellow artists and improve their skills. Granted, it was once a community for interface skins, but it has long since evolved and grew way beyond that.
It is saddening that members do anything for attention, like that will even mean anything in the long run. Not even something as vague as "exposure" is worth degrading yourself asking people around to watch your gallery, like a beggar. Especially if you don't take the trade as seriously.
This-reminds-me-of comments _ Gosh golly holy HELL, that one makes my blood boil, AAARRGHH!!! Putting aside the anime thing, any comment which consists of a comparison and nothing more is offensive by default! As if to imply the author just copied something popular and is foisting it on people. That kind of "comment" only shows the speaker's lack of experience or culture, if you ask me.
Some kind soul made this icon you could use as a reply to those "comments":
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Swearing, too-cool-for-clear-language, grammatically challenged comments _ One would think the barriers had been lowered for people around the world to communicate. In practice, it only shows language in general is dying. It doesn't matter if it is the internet, if you have the time to comment, then you have time to do it in a clear, adequate language, you're writing, not talking, for pity's sake!
About the swearing, there seems to be a trend of profanity being seen as "cool" or "funny". Profanity is NOT inherently funny, it needs context. People tend to swear when under intense emotion, like anger. So when someone only expresses themselves by swearing, they come off as hardly approachable individuals.
Link comments _ Never stumbled upon a single one worth the click. They have as much value as the comparison comments... nay, even less: at least, you can say this to the latter.
Phew, that is a long-winded comment, sorry for that. If you actually took the time to read it... please go check my galleryKIDDING PLEASEDON'TBEATME Sorry, I just COULDN'T resist And, as of the time of this writing, you wouldn't find anything, anyway.
First... PLEASE SPARE THE KITTENS! Go for the dA llamas instead
! They're kind of a pet peeve.Second, about your points: the begging for points, cake, attention etc. _ In my opinion, it reflects one of the worst aspects of the dA community. It is as if the site was about popularity, not unlike a reality show. People forget deviantART is supposed to be a site for artists to showcase their works and receive feedback, exchange ideas with fellow artists and improve their skills. Granted, it was once a community for interface skins, but it has long since evolved and grew way beyond that.
It is saddening that members do anything for attention, like that will even mean anything in the long run. Not even something as vague as "exposure" is worth degrading yourself asking people around to watch your gallery, like a beggar. Especially if you don't take the trade as seriously.
This-reminds-me-of comments _ Gosh golly holy HELL, that one makes my blood boil, AAARRGHH!!! Putting aside the anime thing, any comment which consists of a comparison and nothing more is offensive by default! As if to imply the author just copied something popular and is foisting it on people. That kind of "comment" only shows the speaker's lack of experience or culture, if you ask me.
Some kind soul made this icon you could use as a reply to those "comments":
.Swearing, too-cool-for-clear-language, grammatically challenged comments _ One would think the barriers had been lowered for people around the world to communicate. In practice, it only shows language in general is dying. It doesn't matter if it is the internet, if you have the time to comment, then you have time to do it in a clear, adequate language, you're writing, not talking, for pity's sake!
About the swearing, there seems to be a trend of profanity being seen as "cool" or "funny". Profanity is NOT inherently funny, it needs context. People tend to swear when under intense emotion, like anger. So when someone only expresses themselves by swearing, they come off as hardly approachable individuals.
Link comments _ Never stumbled upon a single one worth the click. They have as much value as the comparison comments... nay, even less: at least, you can say this
to the latter.Phew, that is a long-winded comment, sorry for that. If you actually took the time to read it... please go check my galleryKIDDING PLEASEDON'TBEATME Sorry, I just COULDN'T resist And, as of the time of this writing, you wouldn't find anything, anyway.