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(I originally posted this as a comment on Heidi's page)
(The message was originally addressed to Heidi, so toward the end 'You' refers to Heidi.)
I don't mean to demean or attack—
But I think the main reason why there is this site-wide drama regarding CORE is the way it was handled.
There was absolutely no prior notice about the fact that this would happen and many people were forced to pay extra money against their will. The shock factor angered many, especially because it seemed like the staff thought that the change would go—not unnoticed—but would be taken lightly or gently.
The fact that there still hasn't been a proper journal from the staff regarding the change (yes I have found a previous comment regarding this but this does not excuse this fact) is also quite upsetting, especially with the continuous outrage from the community. It's almost like you feel that you want your user base to decrease before you make the planned announcement when clearly it is not a good idea. Even a small 'Introducing CORE Membership!" with the smallest entry possible that included 'the extra money that is paid will help us implement new features that we will talk about in the next week!' would have helped 1000%.
But dA Staff still blatantly refuses to make any public recognition of CORE and any address to the community.
That's why the community is mad.
While most don't realize it or can't admit it, that is the root cause of this drama, this outrage, this backlash. It's not the price increase, not the supposed 'decreased features', not anything of the sort. It's the communication.
There is such a lack of transparency, such a lack of communication that when Staff makes a change that is supposed to equally help both sides (Staff and user base) it crumbles and backfires. The avoidance of communication after (what,) one or two days is why the community is exploding.
Just like dxd had addressed to spyed in his journal.
You need to communicate.
If you don't, everything will be lost. The community this originally was and the community you wished to see, will all be gone.
DeviantArt will slowly be reduced to a desert, a barren wasteland of a once great group of people who could share great art and even improve.
Nothing will be left.
Just a few hundred users compared to the maybe hundreds of thousands of users that you used to have.
Empty.
That is, unless you chose to talk.
(The message was originally addressed to Heidi, so toward the end 'You' refers to Heidi.)
I don't mean to demean or attack—
But I think the main reason why there is this site-wide drama regarding CORE is the way it was handled.
There was absolutely no prior notice about the fact that this would happen and many people were forced to pay extra money against their will. The shock factor angered many, especially because it seemed like the staff thought that the change would go—not unnoticed—but would be taken lightly or gently.
The fact that there still hasn't been a proper journal from the staff regarding the change (yes I have found a previous comment regarding this but this does not excuse this fact) is also quite upsetting, especially with the continuous outrage from the community. It's almost like you feel that you want your user base to decrease before you make the planned announcement when clearly it is not a good idea. Even a small 'Introducing CORE Membership!" with the smallest entry possible that included 'the extra money that is paid will help us implement new features that we will talk about in the next week!' would have helped 1000%.
But dA Staff still blatantly refuses to make any public recognition of CORE and any address to the community.
That's why the community is mad.
While most don't realize it or can't admit it, that is the root cause of this drama, this outrage, this backlash. It's not the price increase, not the supposed 'decreased features', not anything of the sort. It's the communication.
There is such a lack of transparency, such a lack of communication that when Staff makes a change that is supposed to equally help both sides (Staff and user base) it crumbles and backfires. The avoidance of communication after (what,) one or two days is why the community is exploding.
Just like dxd had addressed to spyed in his journal.
You need to communicate.
If you don't, everything will be lost. The community this originally was and the community you wished to see, will all be gone.
DeviantArt will slowly be reduced to a desert, a barren wasteland of a once great group of people who could share great art and even improve.
Nothing will be left.
Just a few hundred users compared to the maybe hundreds of thousands of users that you used to have.
Empty.
That is, unless you chose to talk.
I don't MMD anymore
I'm focusing more on vocal synth (Vocaloid, UTAU, Alter/Ego, etc..). I'm making originals and I'm active on UtaForum (Zoku) and Soundcloud (zokun). My Utau is going to have a mega update over the summer.
keep the memes real, my friends
I don't MMD anymore
I'm focusing more on vocal synth (Vocaloid, UTAU, Alter/Ego, etc..). I'm making originals and I'm active on UtaForum (Zoku) and Soundcloud (zokun). My Utau is going to have a mega update over the summer.
keep the memes real, my friends
Owari no Seraph MMD Models
Do NOT make Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End MMD Models! Or any copyrighted characters that are not Vocaloids for that matter! Unless they have a clearly written character license or you can contact the creator/copyright holder, I recommend you don't make MMD models of those characters. This is why I have paused the production of my Yuichiro model.
Disappear
I seriously want to disappear. I want to die.
Maybe not die, but I don't want to deal with any of this bullshit. I want to leave everything behind. Just... Just go.
Of course I'll miss everyone, and that's a sacrifice I'm willing to take. Leave everyone behind, so that I can just... Just be me.
i want to disappear
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We should really see if there is a group for people to join while waiting this out and all. You know, for the people who wanna stick around. Think there's anything like that?