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Technically I think we were first with deviantART, 2000. Myspace was after us, only thing I know around the same was was Habbo Hotel, but it didn't come out of

by neom 1y ago

Technically I think we were first with deviantART, 2000. Myspace was after us, only thing I know around the same was was Habbo Hotel, but it didn't come out of beta till 2001 iirc. Either way, I was dealing with edgelordies uploading crazy shit to dA long before 4chan. The things I've seen...

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pixelpoet 1y ago
The way deviantArt snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by repeatedly messing up everything regarding the large and numerous communities they had, leading to their eventual exodus (such as the fractal art community) is pretty legendary. They literally could just have done nothing (i.e. no harm, for example breaking dAmn) and just ride off into the sunset. We're you responsible for that, as the Communities director? Because that was basically dA's self-inflicted and unprompted Brexit moment. Just noticed that my dA account is old enough to drink (in the US)! https://lyc.deviantart.com/ https://lyc.deviantart.com/
- neom 1y ago
  Nope, on the other side, I was throw out with Scott and Eric. They fired 6 of us "hippies". I've written about it a few times, I'm still pissed about... That group was all the kind hearted folks. Hi lyc!! I have 4 accounts since 1999.
  - pixelpoet 1y ago
    Ah, apologies for my somewhat combative question, and I'm relieved to hear you were on Team Sanity / just because money was spent doesn't make the new system better! So many updates that literally forced several communities centred around dAmn to move... now we have the current diaspora / balkanisation situation, and TBH I think many of us would have preferred to stay on old-dA. I would love to read what you've written about that; as with Matt Pharr writing about Intel's internal compiler team politics, it's a fascinating insight into how some orgs are run.
    - neom 1y ago
      All good my friend, all good! :) I've written a bit here and another comment linked in it's children: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40385996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40385996

by neom 1y ago

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pixelpoet 1y ago

The way deviantArt snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by repeatedly messing up everything regarding the large and numerous communities they had, leading to their eventual exodus (such as the fractal art community) is pretty legendary. They literally could just have done nothing (i.e. no harm, for example breaking dAmn) and just ride off into the sunset. We're you responsible for that, as the Communities director? Because that was basically dA's self-inflicted and unprompted Brexit moment. Just noticed that my dA account is old enough to drink (in the US)! https://lyc.deviantart.com/ https://lyc.deviantart.com/

neom 1y ago
Nope, on the other side, I was throw out with Scott and Eric. They fired 6 of us "hippies". I've written about it a few times, I'm still pissed about... That group was all the kind hearted folks. Hi lyc!! I have 4 accounts since 1999.
- pixelpoet 1y ago
  Ah, apologies for my somewhat combative question, and I'm relieved to hear you were on Team Sanity / just because money was spent doesn't make the new system better! So many updates that literally forced several communities centred around dAmn to move... now we have the current diaspora / balkanisation situation, and TBH I think many of us would have preferred to stay on old-dA. I would love to read what you've written about that; as with Matt Pharr writing about Intel's internal compiler team politics, it's a fascinating insight into how some orgs are run.
  - neom 1y ago
    All good my friend, all good! :) I've written a bit here and another comment linked in it's children: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40385996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40385996