I think art forums in general has lost visits and activity since the social media stuff came along and basically took over... :(

People are weird, lot claimed they hate X, but still moved there

People use a lot of thing they hate!

So if they hated this website so much, they could have still use it ^^

This!
My backlog to upload is huge but I take more time to upload and curate here then on bluesky

Oh hey! You are moder now, congrats!

Also don't know about "ton" part. I look at paw and vore content and it barely moves in the line

People had to give up on their personal art due to financial struggles.



Some artists I know actually made good money on art and just decided to leave? Now that's weird

Together with the death od Dragoneer and the attemtps at regulating certain types of images, the "trust" people put into this website has vanished. Cause nobody want to be the next to be targeted for the things they like.

Not only that, top artists who I used to watch do not draw anything, some even vanished without saying anything.

I know a few artist who didn't survive the pandemic, and many artists keeps FA a secret from their families so they don't have a way to tell if they pass away

Well it wasn't just FA. I actually had those people on messengers.

social media, even tho I barel see people commenting there too lately (at least on bluesky)

discord/telegram/etc. seem more appealing nowadays, I guess

It does suck that people barely talk here tho

Ah yes, discord servers. How could I forget.

I don't like artists moving to X/BS only since here it's just art and chill, while there it can be a shitshow of drama, politics and distractions.

It's a total mix of everything

I agree with the above comments... and now there may be even less people being active - just 4%, but anyway, when the classic UI goes away.
Not everyone can adapt to the new UI, and I keep seeing journals that say that FA uploading system sucks so they move to the websites that have it better - usually meaning something like BS or Twitter.
What is also affecting people is that FA did that "no more big images for you until you pay" thing. I used to be able to upload very big things, and now I can't do that and I don't have any other places besides maybe Discord where I put them - but like, my Discord is private. And I don't have enough money for a subscription, even if it's not much.
So users who were posting big comics or big images in general are also slowly leaving because they can't do it anymore. I am very frustrated with this because now I can't even EDIT my big uploads.
I understand that servers are not free, but I genuinely think that it would have been better to do it some other way, maybe get rid of the banners or something.

On Discord you also has to pay for uploading more than 10mb

I think it's 8mb, so less than Furaffinity

So greedy, unlike Telegram

I guess so far my files have been less than 10mb in weight
But like, I can upload things that that on FA get squashed and I can't do SHIT about it anymore
It really takes a lot of the experience on here, and when the classic UI will be gone, probably so will I

I think the coming solution for big images will be to upload only a thumbnail and link to a proper portfolio download site, like artstation, perhaps?

(If there's a flaw in what I said please educate me, I'm still relearning all this and want to get back to art and story posting)

Well, then people just would pass over it, because there are not so many people who would actually click the link.
A lot of things I do are very... well... how to put that... not welcome on websites like artsation, I'm afraid.
There's no "flaws" in what you said, it could be a strategy for some, but we sadly have to take in mind the fact that most people brush over whole pieces, let alone thumbnails. I used to post cropped versions of my NSFW artwork before, with a link to my Patreon, nobody went there.I don't think it would work now.
If your drawings are smaller than the resolution limit, I don't think you will have any trouble.

I see - also I figured AS might have more restrictive policies.

It's a shame about filesize limits - even discord keeps shrinking the share size - everything I share has to go through google these days, which makes me glad I made a dupe anon email before they locked up that ability.

It's really sad that the places where one can post their "freaky" stuff are shrinking and shrinking...
It looks like not just websites are cutting filesize limits, but even online translators - I have to work with DeepL very often, and it used to be 5k symbols per translatioon limit and now it's just 1500 unless you register/log in, what isn't always a viable option.
Nice that you managed to find a good solution for your sharing problem! I use Google too, for sharing especially big images or transparent ones...

Lots of other good answers already. I know for myself that getting a job took away all my time to write, so there's that.

Hope you'll get through it.

People have gradually grown more accostumed to social media and the instant gratification of a constant feed. As a result, traditional art sites, much like traditional forums, aren't used as often anymore.

My personal opinion is that social media has its place, but nothing beats an actual art gallery site, where the art itself is naturally the main focus, and it's much easier to browse through an artist's works.

I guess, that's the case

Yup, this

Itaku (and the Sofurry update, but SF is currently down) have the best system, a gallery site, but they both have feeds for text posts

Dragoneer dying probably has a lot to do with it.

:с

Aw, I didn’t mean to make you sad.

Like you, FA is generally all I use as well.

I understand why artists like other socials such as X or Blusky, but personally, they suck as a gallery site for watching artists. Especially if you ever want to go back and look at older stuff.

I still see quite a bit of new vore posting here, but not a lot of new artists joining. I see some, but certainly not at the rates we used to see in the past.

There just doesn't seem to be the energy as there used to be, but then it seems to be like that all over. Maybe the excitement and newness has all given way to complacency.

Having a gallery site such as FA, which caters to furry art, creates a sense of comradery, where people share the same kinks. It makes things feel more comfortable.

I kind of feel sorry for the younger generation just discovering furry art and FA. Less views. Less Favs. Less comments. They are missing out on so much of what was amazing about the past.

Yes, still remember how website used to grow

Yap. Same impression here.
On the other hand I saw people coming and leaving for last 20 years.
Still it has more users than any other furry website as far as I know.
But it hurts how much it resists modernization xD

It's painful for me as well not to see faces I used to see here

I think some design changes could make this a more sociable space

Like?

Since Twitter, websites like this have gotten less traffic as more and more people are accustomed to the fast pace and constant feed of information places like X, Tiktok and the like offer.

FA may be a lil' slower than before but it's still a massive place with heaps of uploads happening.

I do hate the social feed, it's like people decide to live by just 1 day

For Furry Content is FA generally most l use as well.

I saw your art on WL with Hard Vore & Feets focus.
Your Scalie is so cute. *feet tickle* <3

Many reasons of inactive/deleted Accounts.
Post-Vore-Scat & Snuff artists I follow are religious now or loose motivations to draw porn or are depressive/mental issues or are stalked/harass.

Others said FA have Zero Neural tolerance and acceptance.

Some Artists are less respectful and tolerant and going personal and judge about you, kinks and fetishes, like feet.
Worst of all - if you own a IB Account they call you Pedo, no matter you create no Underages and use the Gallery for Backups.

I am not so often online on FA, I lose motivation more and more to post and create Content.

Wait. What is WL? I haven't uploaded anything myself, specially gore art!

WriterLounge before I join FA, most FA Artists I know from reposts.

Other User upload often Art what they like and want to share, unfortunate they never ask for permission like on all Boorus.
Arts I gave in order for Furry Fandom only was repost without my permission on many Art sites (even non Furry Fandom).

Descriptions are marked "from Source".
It is clear you are not the Original Poster/Creator.

I don't mind people uploading my art, as long as they mention me as creator.

And no one even mentions Weasyl.

I forgot about that website, lol

My point exactly.

Maybe it has to do with the end of the pandemic, in 2020-2022 it was the golden age of discord/telegram groups, basically because everyone was locked inside their homes back then, telegram groups were super active, today? not so much anymore

I see

It's still in better shape than Deviantart. Just that a lot of folks have either moved to or post more often on Twitter and other sites than here, with some exceptions like personal matters keeping em from drawing much.

DA does feel alive, but with more AI art