Hm... you dont get a notification that someone un-watched you, which is probably good, since I'm guessing it would cause some drama (we all know that us, furries, are a lot drama productive :D).
And yeah, people sometimes un-watch me too, mostly they dont give a cause, but I had one guy that said that the stuff I draw scares him (lolwat) and another that keeps watching - un-watching me (4 times already lol), and he said that doesent want to watch anthro oprn, but keeps getting back to it. Just like an addiction :D

I sift through my watch list here and there. Usually every 8 months to a year. People change accounts without telling you, no longer are active, and some get banned. (Just look for the - next to people's name instead of the ~ )

Don't sweat un-watching people. There's at least 5,000 lurkers who will watch in your place, and you can always stumble across and re-watch them later on.

The only time you get notified is if someone unwatches before you clear the watch from your control panel. :)

I kinda figured that was the case. Makes sense.

Well, artists' style and subjects change over time and quite some stop doing stuff i liked or bega to redraw same kind ofpic over aand over and over again; in that cases i unwatch them, though it doesn't happen very often, luckily.

I make a habit of unwatching people who don't even bother to view or comment on my drawings. What's the use of watching them and favoriting and commenting on their pieces if *they* don't bother actually watching you?
It's kinda harsh, but I realize that they not being particularly productive is even harsher to me.

Oh, I'm talking about mutual watches, of course.
There's really nothing you can do about useless watchers other than showing your displeasure at them by removing them from your buddy list. xD

I have unwatched for many reasons some times. It doesn't necessarily means I hate that person or something, just that I'm not interested in following them anymore.

People who post a dozen unfinished sketches of the same basic drawing. They hog the new submissions page and I'm already watching more than 300 people. I think it's disrespectful to other members. One thing is to post a "work in progress" to ask for feedback and another to keep posting some incomplete crap over and over.

People who use the account to post one furry-unrelated rant after another, but post no art or anything interesting.

People who repeatedly ignore my comments and messages for some reason. There were a couple of artist here whose art I really liked, but for some reason never answered my comments. After confirming they answered and commented back every single post except mine on several submissions I came to the conclusion they were ignoring me, so I guess the appropriate course of action is to ignore back.

I'm with pretty much all of this. People who spam journals or idiotic memes, or rehash the same picture with different colourings over and over again, people who take pictures of vehicles and post them, of landscapes...Also, people who say that their own style omits them from being critiqued and that they don't want any. Generally those get an insta-unwatch. Oh, and people who do nothing but post commissions from other people, or gift art.

It's not rude to unwatch someone though. I wouldn't worry about doing so as it's an anonymous thing to do, they'll never know who did it unless they keep track of each and every follower, which most don't unless their ego is the size of a 747. Really, millions of reasons to unwatch someone, yours is definitely quite valid. ♥

Waaaaah. It was me wasn't it...*cry* Oh wait...there you are...nvm. No you don't get a notification. As much as we furs love drama that would probably cause additional flames. I would never unwatch unless they were particularly rude or obnoxious. I don't like watching people who enjoy starting fights.

I'm still watching you, according to the "-" sign.

Well, I generally don't unwatch folks (the 1500+ watch list is proof of that)... but if someone moves accounts, or axes their whole gallery and disappears off the face of the internet, or keeps reposting the same comic from the first strip every couple of months, or if their work has simply taken a turn for the far too creepy for my liking...

Well, one less source of inbox spam.

Never unwatched anyone, but if I did, it would be because they aren't exactly the kind of person I thought they were. If I went to go watch a cool guy who also made nice art (not always about how good their gallery is, or if they even have one, to me anyway), and that person actually turned out to be a real douche who only went around making random people feel bad, then I'd probably dewatch him.

Of course, before I watch them, they have to be a somewhat cool person in the first place. I don't think I'd wanna hang around hot heads and over-the-top pompous windbags.

Interesting feedback. Thanks everyone.

I kind of understand the reason someone might be miffed at being unwatched. The internet is so impersonal it would be easy to imagine all kinds of stuff like "He hates me" or some such nonsense. But the practical truth of it is our tastes drift over time, peoples' work drifts over time, and sometimes we might even accidentally click a button. I see a lot of "favorite removed by the user" notifications. It would be highly insane of me to assume that means the person suddenly decided I was shit. Instead, it was probably an accidental click or they clicked on the wrong image or something.

Oh well. For what its worth, if I unwatch you it was probably because the bulk of your subject matter isn't what I'm into right now. In fact the few I've unwatched are fine artists, I just wasn't enjoying the subject matter. Nothing personal.

Rock on.