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Published: 2007-11-17 23:20:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4827; Favourites: 198; Downloads: 105
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.Water Nation Avatar: [link]
Earth Nation Avatar: [link]
Air Nation Avatar: [link]
Firebenders:
Water Nation, Fire Nation, Earth Nation, Air Nation, Avatar: The Last Airbender (c) Nickelodeon
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Who'da thought that a website who's members constantly whine "dA going down the toilet" has lasted longer than some of the most popular community sites. *looking at you Myspace*
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[One explanation for MySpace's decline] is that Myspace failed to innovate and stuck to a "portal strategy" of building an audience around entertainment and music, whereas Facebook and Twitter continually launched new features to improve the social-networking experience [link]
While rival Facebook focused on creating a robust platform that allowed outside developers to build new applications, Myspace built everything in-house [link]
Hmm, doesn't sound all that estranged from dA imho. dA has fumbled about with social networking tools (forever in denial that they are in fact a social network for fear of sounding like Facebook, which is apparently a bad thing). And I've been waiting for them to release a true development kit from day one, but everything on dA is, and probably will continue to be, built in-house.
Well, it all depends on your cornerstone. It seems to me every successful company needs to have a core demographic and reason for operating if they are to survive. Google has their core search service (with ads on the side bar), Home Dept sells to apartment owners who are looking for cheap quick fixes, and, imho, dA has fandoms.
When I was managing #TheList , the vast majority of submissions were for fan art groups, not to mention the accompanying group ~The-Anime-Manga-List which lists all the anime groups that #TheList doesn't. dA can say whatever they like about how they "support artists", but in reality, they're supporting the 13-18 demographic that watch TV and come online looking for fan art (personally, I came on looking for Teen Titans fan art). It's the reason there are so many references to sonic, pokemon, etc in journals. The fact dA is the first social network these kids have been on explains their poor etiquette and why there are so many journals complaining about online quarrels. I also think this is the root problem dA has in securing a steady revenue stream to grow the number of developers - their core demographic isn't actually old enough to buy the main product dA sells (subscriptions).
This gets into something I've been thinking about for some time - what a game changer Blogger may be. At one time, #teentitans was the third most popular account on dA [link] and was for-all-intents-and-purposes the HQ of that fandom's activities (at least in terms of fan art). Now #MLP-FiM is the most popular group on dA, but the real activity for the MLP fandom takes place elsewhere, on Equestrian Daily (hosted on Blogger). I queried Seth on this, he said the reason he uses Blogger (rather than dA or another site) is because it integrates well with Picasa, allows him to upload content from various sources (not just dA) and integrates well with other Google products.
I purpose that the main draw for dA is the fandom culture. However Blogger is providing better tools for the leaders of the fandom culture and users are following those leaders away from dA.
I think it's hilarious that dA has only now decided to allow videos in submissions (rather than only giving admins this privilege) [link] - something Blogger has been doing for the two years at least. Coincidentally, I actually filled a Help Desk ticket on dA asking why us mere mortals couldn't include videos in our journals. "Because it wasn't coded in to the journal system when it was first developed" - fairly obvious, but I have to wonder about dA when so much of what exists on the site can get neglected if it's not in the "first version". It makes me feel like I've put my money on the wrong horse in terms of picking a social network - when I can't say in an steady tone to my friends what network I use because none of them have ever used it, and only a few have heard of it. dA really limits itself by only targeting artists, when there are many other ways of being create that dA doesn't provide tools for. I built a robot this summer, but it's not like I can make remarks on my images pointing out the features I've included - everything has to be put in the description, and a vast majority of users skip reading the description. If I posted my work, I feel it would go over the heads of a lot of users here, a 6DOF IMU ? (8DOF if you include the planar compass), I doubt any users here have heard of that, let alone know how one works or how to interface with it - I don't feel like I'm in the community I should be here on dA. dA may not be going down the toilet, but I really don't see it going up hill.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, you should be in charge of this site. I would totally lead a dA coup d'etat to place you in power.
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I look at dA and I'm reminded of Brownian motion - one step forward, three back, three forward, two back, it's like they know that they want to please their users, they just don't have a unified approach to doing so.
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It seems like such a simple solution, it's almost crazy.
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firebird2021 doesn't have the fire nation symbol as an avatar any more..
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You're welcome! *watches for more icons*
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very, very nice, can you make one with for white lotus?
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srry for late reply i was on vacation.
i found these [link] & [link] . thx very much
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wow this is really good ill use it i have the link in my signiture
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How chu do it!!!??? 
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amazing
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Fire Nation ftw 
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yah, thanks a lot!
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~and i will put the link in my journal
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Are you having trouble uploading it? Would you like some help or did you change your mind about using it?
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I've helped people before upload my avatars, and I have detailed instructions on how to do it. Would you like to see them?
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okay let me try it again
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It seems you are having a lot of trouble with the avatar:
Also [link] can be a helpful resource if my following instructions aren't 100% clear
Here are the steps I normally take when uploading an avatar:
1) Go to the site with your avatar: [link]
2) Right right click the image and save it to your desktop (or other location where you will remember where it is)
3) Follow the link here: [link]
4) Click the "Browse" button next to the "New Avatar" box
5) Navigate to your desktop (or other location) and click your new avatar, then click "Open"
6) Click "Ok" button at the bottom of the Identity page (this should take you to your front page *Silverbondage )
7) You should see your new avatar next to your user name 
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okay i'll try it one more time, but i'll miss this icon
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Where is the problem occuring? Do you select the picture in the "Edit Profile" page, hit ok, and the picture doesn't change?
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yeah but oh well. Ill miss my icon though
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If you're having trouble getting the fire nation avatar to work, and you liked your old avatar, why change?
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i dont know why i just liked it
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