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You know what I'm wondering about?

Lately I see a lot of people leaving Scratch that, I see people "leave dA" all the time.
And then they say they are gonna move to FurAffinity/Anipan/Nabyn/ whatever the heck else there is. Because dA isn't fun, there's too much drama, they hate the people, their art doesn't get enough attention, they miss "the old dA".
But
- if everyone is going to move onto other sites like that, doesn't that mean that sooner or later the very same drama will come back on another site somehow? Most of the people that left or want to leave have contributed to some kind of drama at some point. Running away isn't going to help.
- dA isn't fun? Possibly, but I've seen other people come back to dA because on other sites, there isn't just that much to look at/to do. dA has way more users (thus more activity) than most sites, so you might get bored on other sites more often (which is why I'm inactive on FurAffinity).
Besides, lots of the people who are leaving are also people who like to fancy up their pages with backgrounds and features and dolls and stuff. dA has by far the best customization options, even if you have no Premium Membership.
There's so many extra features that have little to do with art for non-premium members already, and even more if you do have a PM (and it's not THAT hard to get a PM, you don't even NEED real money!) you won't find most things like that on other sites. dA itself doesn't suck, they're trying really hard to improve it.
- if your art doesn't get attention on a big site like this, why do you think it will on another site? You can put stuff into groups here, which is still the best way to get others to look at it. If you want to move to another site because of this reason, pick a site that focuses on the kind of art you're making. (literature, animal art, artisan crafts, fan art, photography, ...)
- hate the people on here? Unwatch people who annoy you and try to make as little contact with them as possible. If everyone and literally everyone annoys you you might have some kind of tolerance problem there. Moving to another site might help for like, a few months, maybe a year, but eventually the same kinds of people always show up again.
- miss the "old dA"? In the beginning, everything is new, fresh and fun, you're getting to know people, etcetera. Awesome! But after some time things become "normal" and even "boring". That's life, get used to it. The main reason for why there was no drama at the beginning of your career was because you didn't watch quite as many people, and because some of them were new here too. On a new site, you won't have those problems in the beginning either but after some time you'll probably miss the way you felt about the site at first, too. But you won't get it back, and there's no way you can keep that happy feeling you have about a new site forever.

I respect people who leave no matter what their reasons are, of course there are good reasons to leave a site. But a lot of the people who claim to leave never do so or just come back and they do it over and over and over again. I don't even feel like commenting on "Leaving" journals anymore because I know they'll come back no matter what.
If you think dA is that bad, just leave it. Don't keep coming back if you hate it that much. Complaining about dA won't make this a better site

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You know what I'm wondering about?

Lately I see a lot of people leaving Scratch that, I see people "leave dA" all the time.
And then they say they are gonna move to FurAffinity/Anipan/Nabyn/ whatever the heck else there is. Because dA isn't fun, there's too much drama, they hate the people, their art doesn't get enough attention, they miss "the old dA".
But
- if everyone is going to move onto other sites like that, doesn't that mean that sooner or later the very same drama will come back on another site somehow? Most of the people that left or want to leave have contributed to some kind of drama at some point. Running away isn't going to help.
- dA isn't fun? Possibly, but I've seen other people come back to dA because on other sites, there isn't just that much to look at/to do. dA has way more users (thus more activity) than most sites, so you might get bored on other sites more often (which is why I'm inactive on FurAffinity).
Besides, lots of the people who are leaving are also people who like to fancy up their pages with backgrounds and features and dolls and stuff. dA has by far the best customization options, even if you have no Premium Membership.
There's so many extra features that have little to do with art for non-premium members already, and even more if you do have a PM (and it's not THAT hard to get a PM, you don't even NEED real money!) you won't find most things like that on other sites. dA itself doesn't suck, they're trying really hard to improve it.
- if your art doesn't get attention on a big site like this, why do you think it will on another site? You can put stuff into groups here, which is still the best way to get others to look at it. If you want to move to another site because of this reason, pick a site that focuses on the kind of art you're making. (literature, animal art, artisan crafts, fan art, photography, ...)
- hate the people on here? Unwatch people who annoy you and try to make as little contact with them as possible. If everyone and literally everyone annoys you you might have some kind of tolerance problem there. Moving to another site might help for like, a few months, maybe a year, but eventually the same kinds of people always show up again.
- miss the "old dA"? In the beginning, everything is new, fresh and fun, you're getting to know people, etcetera. Awesome! But after some time things become "normal" and even "boring". That's life, get used to it. The main reason for why there was no drama at the beginning of your career was because you didn't watch quite as many people, and because some of them were new here too. On a new site, you won't have those problems in the beginning either but after some time you'll probably miss the way you felt about the site at first, too. But you won't get it back, and there's no way you can keep that happy feeling you have about a new site forever.

I respect people who leave no matter what their reasons are, of course there are good reasons to leave a site. But a lot of the people who claim to leave never do so or just come back and they do it over and over and over again. I don't even feel like commenting on "Leaving" journals anymore because I know they'll come back no matter what.
If you think dA is that bad, just leave it. Don't keep coming back if you hate it that much. Complaining about dA won't make this a better site