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Howl-n-Hart — The Sound Of Silence - DA Statement
Published: 2020-04-22 22:37:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 242081; Favourites: 3885; Downloads: 0
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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 users

Set 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

Geckogesang In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 20:35:41 +0000 UTC]

I don't have any problems with my computer lol
still..if I click "remove notification" it..loads..loads..loads... aaannnd okay.. 1 notification removed..good job!
what a strange coincidence that this only happens with DA eclipse but with nothing else lul

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BirdcrapComics In reply to Geckogesang [2020-04-30 20:36:13 +0000 UTC]

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Geckogesang In reply to BirdcrapComics [2020-04-30 20:37:49 +0000 UTC]

I can play 1-2 games (MMOs) at the same time, have many tabs in my firefox open and can watch a stream on full HD on twitch and have no problems

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BirdcrapComics In reply to Geckogesang [2020-04-30 20:38:56 +0000 UTC]

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Geckogesang In reply to BirdcrapComics [2020-04-30 20:39:51 +0000 UTC]

wow..good job DA xD

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SweeneyTom In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 20:06:12 +0000 UTC]

I signed the petition and I'm starting my logout in solidarity after submitting this comment

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jennystokes In reply to SweeneyTom [2020-04-30 21:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Me too.

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MaryJane0123 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 19:57:07 +0000 UTC]

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TeagBrohman15 In reply to MaryJane0123 [2020-04-30 20:16:50 +0000 UTC]

If the protest doesn't work, I'll try to get used to it

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MaryJane0123 In reply to TeagBrohman15 [2020-04-30 23:12:10 +0000 UTC]

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TeagBrohman15 In reply to MaryJane0123 [2020-04-30 23:24:07 +0000 UTC]

I honestly don't know

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MaryJane0123 In reply to TeagBrohman15 [2020-04-30 23:34:28 +0000 UTC]

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HimitsuUK In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 19:48:05 +0000 UTC]

When's the official date Eclipse is forced? Please don't be 1st May...

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Howl-n-Hart In reply to HimitsuUK [2020-04-30 19:52:31 +0000 UTC]

May 20th

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davinu In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 19:45:48 +0000 UTC]

This site was already dying and now they do this. It's like officially digging a grave to bury it lol

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jennystokes In reply to davinu [2020-04-30 21:20:30 +0000 UTC]

I agree.

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Sailorplanet97 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 19:34:34 +0000 UTC]

for new comers here i made my own petitions chng.it/SJThsrmPT2

and to Howl-n-Hart  maybe you can put this one in here aswell so i won't spam everyone here again just because of this

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Howl-n-Hart In reply to Sailorplanet97 [2020-04-30 19:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Added to the petition list!

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Sailorplanet97 In reply to Howl-n-Hart [2020-04-30 20:02:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Kohev-murk In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 19:08:03 +0000 UTC]

I think it would work even more effectively if it was to, for example, 15th, not 4th of may
because i think 2 weeks would leave a bigger mark than 3 days
we will see

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jennystokes In reply to Kohev-murk [2020-04-30 21:21:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh............can we all chose our own times..................it is tomorrow.


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Raven-Ironclaw In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 18:54:49 +0000 UTC]

I said it before, i'll say it again. This is what it feels like when all your freedoms are taken away by a higher power that doesn't care. DA will pander to special minority groups but will not listen to basically its entire user base. If this should tell you anything, its that DA only panders to minorities to look good and not actually support them, because if they did care, they would realize that those same minorities belong to this majority. Welcome to the hypocrisy of our age. Me? I'm just laughing at it because its so predictable.

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jennystokes In reply to Raven-Ironclaw [2020-04-30 21:22:54 +0000 UTC]

Exactly and d/a slowly/nastily and with precision decide on this date (I think) because we are all trying to look after ourslves first.  Silence for  3 days.


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Raven-Ironclaw In reply to jennystokes [2020-04-30 21:35:57 +0000 UTC]

Even if this movement succeeds, artists like you should consider ignoring all of DA's promotions in the future. Like the most recent one that had something stupid about love. Supporting DA like this just gives them more power.

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jennystokes In reply to Raven-Ironclaw [2020-05-04 18:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes I saw this..........................arghhhh!



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DuchesseOfDusk In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 18:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Hey,

the links to the petitions don't work for me, except for the first one

Also count me in on this. I hope staff listen and keep at least both versions of dA around for much longer.

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ELCORZO2001 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 18:27:54 +0000 UTC]

LONG LIVE TO GREEN OLD SITE!!
FUCK ECLIPSE.
I JOIN THIS WALKOUT!!

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jennystokes In reply to ELCORZO2001 [2020-04-30 21:23:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes!

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partyaniimalz In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 17:58:39 +0000 UTC]

 

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jennystokes In reply to partyaniimalz [2020-04-30 21:24:10 +0000 UTC]

Yes ..........go way Eclipsed..........you will be 'eclipsed!'


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Piiunivers In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 17:47:52 +0000 UTC]

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kiki-riki In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 17:38:52 +0000 UTC]

literally just discovered art station and I'm probably moving there... 

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jennystokes In reply to kiki-riki [2020-04-30 21:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Yes.........maybe me too.

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jettmanas In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 16:59:49 +0000 UTC]

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Username-91 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 16:09:55 +0000 UTC]

   

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Blockdasher91 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 15:43:30 +0000 UTC]

We can always brings up so feedback to upgrade it here:

:www.eclipsefeedback.com/ :


But even if Eclipse come to pass, I'll remain loyal to my watchers and friends!

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BleuHunter1 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 15:33:56 +0000 UTC]

I really don't get why they need to force it on everyone when we have a perfectly good system right now where you can toggle eclipse on or off from using it or the old site. That's just... so stupid. Why force it on people that clearly don't want to use it? Isn't it better to give people the option then to just make them use it.

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jennystokes In reply to BleuHunter1 [2020-04-30 21:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Me neither!  From tomorrow please observe the silence till May 4th.

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wesh81 In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 15:24:46 +0000 UTC]

#ECLIPSEISTHIEF

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jennystokes In reply to wesh81 [2020-04-30 21:25:42 +0000 UTC]

Yes.

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XTEETH In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 14:48:32 +0000 UTC]

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SaucerofPeril In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 14:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Here is the Change.org link for the petition about DeviantArt Eclipse getting removed from DeviantArt this year for you.



www.change.org/p/deviantart-te…

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XarTario In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 14:08:25 +0000 UTC]

Howl-n-Hart  Are you gonna increase the protesting days to one week?

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NajatTrippy In reply to ??? [2020-04-30 13:56:14 +0000 UTC]

This aint gonna work. I'm 100 percent sure. DeviantART has spent years working on Eclipse. We should get used to this. Try customizing your pages. It's AMAZING how many options you can have as a NON core membership alone in this version! Try it before you decide to hate it.

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ZAMNPlayerD In reply to NajatTrippy [2020-04-30 20:18:16 +0000 UTC]

I mean, they probably spent money on it and everyone would hate to see money go to waste but I bet they'd also hate for 90% of their user base to yeet themselves away from the site.


Yeah, I did try it, I went in expecting shit, wasn't disappointed.

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NajatTrippy In reply to ZAMNPlayerD [2020-04-30 20:49:15 +0000 UTC]

Explain how or why you dislike it

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ZAMNPlayerD In reply to NajatTrippy [2020-04-30 21:04:03 +0000 UTC]

First off, it just looks off. Like, they wanted to copy artstation, but deliberately botched the interface to avoid a lawsuit. Before it reminded me of a really bad "app" design like it was meant for a deviantart app that never saw the light of day, the green option looks the best out of light, dark or green, but that's not saying a lot. It doesn't help that it does the one thing I hate every modern site doing which is continuing to load thumbnails as you scroll down without any page breaks, being able to load in a new page is something that I like because it helps the thumbnails I want to view load in properly.


Second, and this is the biggie, they're removing things that have become standard to the site like stamps are no longer going to display, there doesn't appear to be any way to create folders in your gallery or favorites anymore, custom profile widgets with CORE don't work like they should (I'm pretty sure that my featured deviations haven't been updated in the Eclipse version.)

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Luzanami In reply to NajatTrippy [2020-04-30 14:46:19 +0000 UTC]

You think we didn't lmao ? Eclipse is awful looking and buggy. A web student would do better in 2 weeks time, and that's not an exaggeration. 

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NajatTrippy In reply to Luzanami [2020-04-30 14:48:52 +0000 UTC]

Be specific. Awful and buggy how? 

I noticed some bugs, such as the commenting part, and the editing parts. 

What bugs did you experience?

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Luzanami In reply to NajatTrippy [2020-04-30 14:53:59 +0000 UTC]

Editing as well. I don't use Eclipse so... I just switch when I need to manage my profile page (gotta keep it pretty for Eclipse users...) but I can't stand it.

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