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So Eclipse is ComingSEE MY LATEST JOURNAL ON THIS HERE:
I'd like to organize a proactive event to show DA the possible results of a permanent Eclipse change-over. Instead of deactivating your accounts for good, or indefinitely boycotting the site, I'd like to make a Statement of Silence for those Users against Eclipse. Starting May 1st, I will not be active on Deviantart. I will not submit new deviations, journals or even visit the site for 3 Days time. From 12:00AM CST May 1st to 12:00am May 4th. (3 days) I ask all other Users who wish to keep old Deviantart to join me in this statement of silence.
Not Only Is Eclipse Difficult to Navigate, It is so close to Plagiarism it isnt funny. How they aren't in a Lawsuit with Artstation is beyond me!
Look at these site comparisons!
<- DA Eclipse Artstation->
Comparisons Courtesy of V0IDSPACER
Now I'd like to point out several people have told me that the similarities may be due to the fact artstation and DA are both now owned by Wix.
I honestly would need to do some research to see if this is true or just speculation. Update
ArtStation is NOT owned by Wix as some of our sleuthy commenters have discovered!
it is owned owned by a company called Ballistiq but is run as its own entity.
www.artstation.com/about/compa…
"ArtStation is proud to be independently run. With no external investment, we grew our business from humble beginnings to one of the largest websites on the Internet. Being independent keeps us close and accountable to the community that we serve."
This was just confirmed to me by a current employee of theirs. ^^
Even DA's New Logo has Been Questioned as Plagiarism:
www.creativebloq.com/logo-desi…
Perhaps the abrupt halt and slow down of site traffic will show DA team members the devastating effects this could have on their audiences they cater to. They have failed to listen when we speak out... perhaps they will listen to The Sound Of Silence.
#TheSoundOfSilenceMovement
Please Feel free to share this journal to get on board and spread the word.
Some have said this is getting attention elsewhere as well so feel free to share to your instagrams, twitters and so on as well.
Feel free to Translate this to Other Languages as well!!
Lets get it out to as many eyes and artists as possible!
Also, please no negative commentary. This is about supporting one another. Not Being malicious to DA or other usersSet an Alarm, or Follow Me, I will Post a Reminder Journal On the Day Before!
The Sound of Silence - Core Refund Tickets?Hello there!
Creator of #TheSoundofSilenceMovement here.a fellow DA User noted me :iconrandomchiz: with another intriguing idea.
That users send in support tickets asking for refunds on their Core. Now I know the majority of you will probably cut out core if you end up leaving indefinitely or even if you stay, since all them pretty perks are no longer available. And I highly doubt that DA will actually Refund anyone. However perhaps the flood of refund requests might make a statement as to the loss of their revenue in that regard. The double-edge of this blade however, is that they /may/ decide to refund us, and we will be cut off our cor...
Interesting idea brought to me ^
also someone has made a #thesoundofsilencemovement Discord:
discord.gg/ZcWBxgk
THIS PETITION HAS REACHED 10k+ SIGNATURES!www.change.org/p/deviantart-te…
And here are several other petitions going around, if you all wish to sign any:
chng.it/SJThsrmPT2
chng.it/yY6pxYm67L
chng.it/rxrTBtYhb6
chng.it/T5SHByf2xw
chng.it/TVNpbtfHQZ
Some Supporters of my movement have been creating some wonderful art for us all!
Here is a Sound of Silence Icon!
Icon:
And a "We Can Fight" With a template so you can create this featuring your own character:
by the lovely Drakarra BIG UPDATE
A Group Of LikeMinded Deviants With The Right Resources Are Working on a New DA Alternative Site!!
Go read about their Project and SUPPORT THEM ANY WAY YOU CAN.
A Fun Thing that tracks the activity taking place on DA:
world.deviantart.com/ An Eclipse Redesign Plugin that might make adjusting a little easier
www.deviantart.com/isi-daddy/j…
And for those of you wanting to give Eclipse your feedback (hah!) There is this:
www.eclipsefeedback.com/
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Comments: 4097
CelestialSecrets In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 03:44:43 +0000 UTC]
You're probably right about that, but I guess no harm in trying. I also applaud your staying off for a month! I was thinking about staying off for longer than the 3 days too. Not sure how long yet.
Anyway, sorry for assuming you were complaining.
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Pure-Blue-Heart In reply to CelestialSecrets [2020-05-01 03:47:42 +0000 UTC]
True that! I keep hoping and praying and keeping my fingers crossed that this works! Haha thank you, it’s probably going to kill me especially financially since this is my main source of income, but it’s worth it if it works.
It’s alright ^^ I probably did sound like I was complaining anyway lol
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CelestialSecrets In reply to Pure-Blue-Heart [2020-05-01 03:58:26 +0000 UTC]
*have
And ehh in case I wasn't clear, I was referring to my own negativity lol
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CelestialSecrets In reply to Pure-Blue-Heart [2020-05-01 03:57:02 +0000 UTC]
Oof that is rough 😱 Good luck!! I hope you hav a Patreon or something!
But nah, I'm of the belief that people (including myself) are kinda conditioned to see and assume the negative in people, especially online. You're good.
See you next month!
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Pure-Blue-Heart In reply to CelestialSecrets [2020-05-01 04:25:21 +0000 UTC]
I do thank goodness, but no Patrons to support it rip, but that’s fineee. I really use my earnings from here to fund personal projects and have some fun since I don’t really make enough to help with anything important lol
You’re probably right, although I always try to see the good in things so I tend to avoid looking for the negatives XD
Thank you! Have a great month my friend Stay safe!
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SpamHands In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 03:18:12 +0000 UTC]
Probably because it's also on the start and end of a weekend, so it's less detrimental to those participating.
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LPAki In reply to SpamHands [2020-05-03 17:22:04 +0000 UTC]
And people want to be back in time to get those sweet internet points for their "May the 4th be with you" fan art.
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Direwolf1411225 In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 01:43:09 +0000 UTC]
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Zaximus-Prime In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 01:35:58 +0000 UTC]
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LynKofWinds In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 01:24:22 +0000 UTC]
Aight time to close the tab my dudes, see ya in three days
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Amara-The-Doggo-Mom In reply to ??? [2020-05-01 01:10:30 +0000 UTC]
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BrandonFranciosi In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 23:42:53 +0000 UTC]
Per la rivoluzione!
Don’t tread on us!
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MEGAPOTAMIA325 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 23:42:09 +0000 UTC]
I might take the weekend off.
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Naughty-b-Nature In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 23:21:48 +0000 UTC]
#thesoundofsilencemovement
Count me in, late as always. I'm shutting everything down!
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mathieutrudelle In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 22:55:52 +0000 UTC]
now it is time! #thesoundofsilencemovement
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Starii-Bunnii In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:46:11 +0000 UTC]
#soundofsilencemovement
I'm a little late but ima be signing out now for 3 days bhfjndks
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LittleMissDevil21 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:37:30 +0000 UTC]
To be honest, I’m not too optimistic about this whole thing; I don’t think it will change anything...
It’s worth a shot, but it’s unrealistic for people to expect DA to scrap the entire Eclipse launch. Not to mention, I heard they sold the site to WIX...business is business after all. But in my perfect world, I’d love to see them trash the whole thing.
*SIGH* A girl can dream.
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Howl-n-Hart In reply to LittleMissDevil21 [2020-04-30 21:40:13 +0000 UTC]
Whether it changes anything or not, we can at least say we have put in very effort to get them to listen before we abandon them.
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LittleMissDevil21 In reply to Howl-n-Hart [2020-04-30 21:45:18 +0000 UTC]
That’s very true.
It’s nice to see people try at least.
And personally, I won’t be leaving the site regardless of the change XD
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RedShamrock56 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:36:11 +0000 UTC]
Almost everything About Eclipse and moreHello~
So I have noticed a lot of people are being ignorant and not properly researching and just assuming everything, so I have spent 2 whole days researching for you to lay to rest theories, bad assumptions and more.
This is only a summarize of everything for more details go to the pages that will be linked, I want to go directly to the point.
*Also note most of these are NOT OPINIONS most are facts I have gathered from different sites and sources, there are only very few of my opinions in here
mostly on question 13.
*warning* I will be using caps to emphasize certain important parts/words.
Index
1. Why was eclipse created in the first place?
2. Why change it? let's leave the old one!
3. Then why add the switch to go to the old one if they are going to force it on us!?
4. They can't force eclipse on us!
5. They depend on us to exist! they have to listen to us!
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MikuEvalon In reply to RedShamrock56 [2020-05-23 00:25:58 +0000 UTC]
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GothicNarcissus In reply to RedShamrock56 [2020-04-30 22:59:40 +0000 UTC]
That would be an interesting read if a) it didn't amount to basically just "suck it up", and b) the poster didn't viciously attack people who point out flaws in Eclipse, which invalidates all of her argument because she comes off as just a fangirl.
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MikuEvalon In reply to GothicNarcissus [2020-05-23 00:22:25 +0000 UTC]
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GothicNarcissus In reply to MikuEvalon [2020-05-24 12:49:42 +0000 UTC]
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MikuEvalon In reply to GothicNarcissus [2020-06-19 19:31:16 +0000 UTC]
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GothicNarcissus In reply to MikuEvalon [2020-06-20 02:07:22 +0000 UTC]
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maxyza In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:36:00 +0000 UTC]
so its better be off on dA from today to 4th May (4 days off) ?
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Bleatjio In reply to maxyza [2020-04-30 22:01:40 +0000 UTC]
It's from May 1st to the 4th. You come back on the 4th, meaning three whole days of avoiding DA.
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Kaelmn In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:28:34 +0000 UTC]
I will participate to #TheSoundOfSilenceMovement
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NightlyNow In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:27:26 +0000 UTC]
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jennystokes In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:18:21 +0000 UTC]
Many many thanks for this................I will look at 'art station.'Yes............we can do it................D/a I think you are lost!
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NickRoberts10 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 21:13:02 +0000 UTC]
I'm in. I've given all the people I watch birthday wishes in advance, so I won't have to be active on the site.
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jimmyjohns2 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 20:46:06 +0000 UTC]
wait is it going to work
why do we have to be offline in may 1st
is DA going to listen or something
is this a hoax
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Drakarra In reply to jimmyjohns2 [2020-04-30 21:33:58 +0000 UTC]
DA tracks its daily user traffic. The idea is that a large part of their userbase goes completely silent (no activity at all---uploads, comments, favorites, or even visiting the site), and if the participation is large enough, DeviantArt corporate will realize how much of their userbase resents what they're doing. Thousands upon thousands of people are leaving DeviantArt because of this, and we need the staff to realize that our community is at risk of being splintered and lost.
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Soroneir In reply to happy-horse-for-life [2020-05-01 02:16:40 +0000 UTC]
That's hilarious. I just checked and it's still closed. Looks like it's been down for quite a while though, since the newest submission to the category was on March 6. Not sure if it's related to Eclipse, since I didn't see anything Eclipse-related in the category that would prompt staff to close it.
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LittleMissDevil21 In reply to happy-horse-for-life [2020-04-30 21:08:26 +0000 UTC]
WOW, WHAT A COINCIDENCE LOL
(The DA staff is a joke)
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