>>202825>>202845>>202847You all bring up some good points. It kind of does put it into perspective with how so many people will just post a single fic then dip to just horny post on twitter instead. Requires less effort and gives more immediate short term satisfaction. As kind of cringe as it is, it's really no wonder why it happens.
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And yes, Deviantart itself does play a huge part in it, which sort of only makes it worse since 99% of people are really mostly invested in the artists, so if all the artists leave to twitter and elsewhere you're not gonna get really much of anybody sticking around. It's made even worse with how crappy DA's search and recommendations have become lately to the point where it's gotten to the point that the #1 way I find new stuff is through what other artists and writers have favourited. But the sad thing is, Deviantart is still pretty much the only place left (There is Ao3, but WG stuff there really hasn't found it's audience, even when compared to what's left of DA).
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It really is all about doing it for the hobby of it and self satisfaction/discipline and all that. All to often I find myself disappointed at the state of things when really I could be at least try throwing my hat in the ring and maybe makes thing better. Basically just channelling that energy into something actually tangible than just saying "Wow, things really suck" over and over. But at the same time, it takes actually sitting down and trying it to realise that, like a lot of art forms, this shit takes effort and energy, and we all got our own lives that should reasonably take priority over this hobby stuff (Except for the rare occasions where people actually earn boatloads of money from it that can sustain themselves). (Though, with that sad, a lot of people I notice just chose and neither, and don't contribute to either avenue of life and just waste their days with being on twitter 24/7 rather than being creative or productive, essentially giving up on everything while still trying to convince themselves that they're happy (Not gonna name any names, but we all know of at least one washed up person in this field))
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Basically, it's a dilemma. You can complain, but you can also be the change you want to see, but then that shit also takes time and effort that not everyone even would put into (And arguably, shouldn't put into). Still, you never know unless you don't really give an honest go.
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Would've been real nice if I hadn't deleted those completed stories I did a couple years ago.
