DeviantArt

Deviantart used to be a great place for artists of all types and mediums to post art. Only complaints about the old days were the art thieves, which are of course still present on any platform.

Now the site, ever since the switch that no one wanted, runs like garbage and has turned more into a fetish art site. Despite the ToS restricting certain types of content it still runs rampant on the site as a whole. As the website is thirteen and up one would thing that isn't a problem, right? Wrong as anyone can make an account claiming they are over eighteen to see the eighteen and up content. Artistic type medium for adults has always been accepted and I even appreciate it, but some of this "art" being made now is not that.

Basically, the site now lacks proper moderation, and lacks proper maintenance for it's functions and appearance. I miss the old days so much!

The staff ruined the site with the new awful, broken buggy and messy design, deleted all the characteristics that made the site remarkable and now they are unfairly and blatantly forcing us to use it when almost all of us were fine with the old design. And as if all that were not enough, they blatantly ignore their community. It's simply outrageous and shameful. That shows that they're a bunch of shameless coward arrogant inept incompetent morons. They don't deserve respect.

I remember the old classic Deviantart. Since the new updates things have changed, also not to mention it's pretty weird now. The Staff doesn't help you and don't care what problem you have. I've had an account for 9 years that I believe was hacked and they couldn't help or believe the account is indeed mine and I know my information is correct. So much hard work and dedication to that account lost... I'm disappointed is this company.

I absolutely love Deviantart, I will admit that I am a Deviantart addict. It is a great site where you can post any kind of art from visual art such as drawing, painting, etc. to digital art, to photography and photo-manipulations, to literature including novels and poetry, to even videos and homemade or digital movies and so much more. The site is active and people on the site are kind. While you may not always get comments on your works you will know they are great my the number of people who add your works to their favorites. You can join groups and enjoy the works of other while making new friends and having loads of fun in the process.

DeviantArt is full of wonderful art (like the picture listed), and stories. There are alot of groups you can join and alot of chats you can talk on. You can sell art and join competitions when they are on.

Aside from this... If you fall down the rabbit hole then you will get lost in the dirty, messed up side of this website. Not to say that other websites don't have a dark side, Deviantart's dark side is way more toxic than the normal.

DeviantArt is not a good site as it once was. It has sadly become a place where bullies lurk and people will rapidly start flame wars with one another. While I do have some good friend there, sadly, the site has devolved from an art site to another hive of scum and villainy. And the worst part is while the site does have guidelines, more often than not, the bullies and haters abuse the report system and make false child porn claims just to get a certain user's account suspended or even terminated. The abuse is rare, but it does happen, and the worst part is the dA staff does not do anything to stop the abuse. In fact, they act immediately when they get the report instead of taking the time to actually look over the claim to see if it's even legit. If you are a fanartist, stay away from deviantArt. It has become a place where the bullies reign and the staff has no clue how to properly enforce the policy.

Okay so this is a long rant of experience. Its gonna have some advice as well. If you are a active member of deviantart you might wanna read this.

Alright so regarding the forums. I think everyone needs to hear this, this is overlooked at times. In the forums it can be unpredictable at times. If you're new to using it please be aware, there are many trolls in the forums. Doesn't matter what topic or what side of the forum your in the trolls are always there. They will reply negatively, for no reason. Do not give them a reaction, dont go to their accounts and leave comments. Move on ignore the comments they cannot hurt you unless you give them a reason too. Block them, if you can. (I dont know if mass reporting works for this situation...) If you try to report trolls deviantart will tell you to block them they wont do anything about the troll. So block them and avoid them.

Art thieves are rampant on deviantart. Be aware it happens to anyone on the platform. I'm a victim to this, happened to me on several occasions. File a DMCA claim to get the art taken down.

There are many creeps on deviantart. That like to use people and fend on users. Please be cautious on this site. Lots of things get overlooked because moderators aren't doing what they should. And sometimes they like to use people to draw very inappropriate things. Doesn't matter the age either. Dont open requests because you could attract these types of people.

I dealt with many nasty users while on deviantart. I seen users defend art thieves. Drawn cp posted that should've been removed. Many users who were groomed by adults to draw fetish porn for them. I've been trolled, and attacked by many people. I was featured in a journal where someone told users to go after me. My watchers didn't care about me being bullied. No one on deviantart is your friend remember that. Deviantart is unpredictable, dangerous, and very notorious for being a terrible place.

Lots of questionable things are going on, on this site. So if you plan on joining you better be prepared.

Forgot to mention I seen moderators respond to trolls and took action on users. But they ignore actual complaints and reports that need to be addressed.

I seen someone get stalked on all their social media by a troll. Deviantart mods did not do anything to this user at all.

I watched someone continue to steal art and no one did anything or wanted to do anything.

This site is filled with very terrible people.

I think it's time for serious artists to leave deviantart. The place isn't what it is to be. The site moderators do not care about it's users. Bullying, art thieves, drawn cp, and many other questionable things are going on there. It's a huge mess. The site is filled with porn, legit porn and fetish art. It's too far gone at this point.

If you plan on joining stay to yourself. And be safe, please be safe. I say this as a adult now, I've seen many things go down on this website that stuck with me until this day.

Worst art site ever. It used to be the best, but when I reordered Core Membership after it expired, I never got the features again. It costs $50 for one year of Core. Mom got charged for buying this, so after two weeks, I contacted them to see why I don't have the features, but received no response. Their phone support sucks, too. They don't answer. You have to leave a message. Then they're supposed to call you back. They DID NOT call back at all. And so I checked the site more to see if I had forums to ask for this help instead, but there aren't any. And I also asked my friends on the site about the problem, but they had no idea why I didn't get the features. So overall, a very bad site that I would NOT recommend anymore. That's about it.