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11 years ago
Yes, I know most won't care since, I'm no popufur so why someone should. It's just that it almost seems as if I'm waiting for something external comes and push me completely out of FurAffinity. Rather, it seems that I'm waiting to give this thing some sort of closure... But I can't see if it is worth anymore since the person I was going to do it for is going to mostly be purged out of my life, for my own mental, emotional and affective sanity... I mean, it WOULD be nice to give it closure but, considering the following...
Oh, and no. This doesn't have anything to do with Mr. Zaush despite of whatever terrible rumor I've heard. In fact I don't have anything against him, or any specific admin's double moral to be honest, and mostly I hate throwing stones as if I were "the most righteous fur in the world" (what an oxymoron...).
It's just that, I'm unsatisfied with the FA experience. As an aspiring software engineer I can see what a logistic nightmare running a site with a traffic this big... But the coding horrors, the complete lack of order, "support" and updates that ONLY come for the most critical exploits... I'm still pissed with the veekun incident and the lack of hindsight... Just look at Pwn2Own and Pwnium style contest! If a knowledgeable user comes to you with an exploit of your future, and the potential fix, you hire them and YOU DON'T FUCKING GIVE THEM THE BANHAMMER!
And the diplomatic skills of the administration team... oh man... They even punish for stuff that happens outside of the site! Did that people deserve it? Probably! But it is highly unethical to deny a service for things that are in... a... TOS... hah~! ^_^
And please, nobody bring the "you aren't paying for it" or the "it is their money/server/service and they can do whatever they want" cards. In fact the "why won't you stop complaining and just leave" card is useless too because I'M DOING SO AS SOON AS I WRAP UP THINGS! Also, the fact that something is free doesn't mean it has to suck (exactly like the delicious cold beer that my friend Danny offered me last time I visited her house). I'm not going to consume spoiled stuff, even if I get paid, and neither should you!
I'd just love for more people to boldly move out the site because, the more time goes on, the more art gets on the site and hence "more work" is needed to migrate, mostly for watchers because they have to track their favorites again. Artists could get the job done with most of the automatized tools out there anyway.
But in the degenerated furry art economy, for artists (specially popular ones) doing so means "losing a big portion of potential clients", whatever that is because for most popufurs it is just numbers: Numbers that pay the bills. I'm not saying it is wrong because, hey, we are all in our right to get paid for hard work with skills that took years to develop.
But by doing so they help to propagate this unending vicious circle that goes on and on and on. Watchers (and thus potential commissioners) go to the rather lackluster dump where "everybody is in". Artists don't leave because that dump is teeming with an unending source ofmoney people...
If only artists could realize that they can draw the masses by themselves... Haven't they realized that their fanbase will follow them in proportion of their rightful skills? ARE THEY REALLY THAT INSECURE ABOUT THEIR SKILLS AND PREFER THE COVER OF A DIRTY SECURITY BLANKET?
POPUFUR, YOU HAVE THE POWER!
oh, and if this journal causes my quick ban on FA... well, thank you mr. mod. u proved my point and saved me an hour or two.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM:
http://fa-exodus-database.tumblr.com/
This is a blog that is devoted to featuring and spotlighting artists who wish to leave FurAffinity (or have already done so) but either cannot due to requiring commissions to stay afloat financially or, for those who HAVE left, will be dealing with financial issues as a result.
If you would like to be featured, please visit the submit page for more information about what is necessary!
http://projects.weasyl.com/soft/
Just plug in your FA account name and your Weasyl account name and it'll let you know who's on Weasyl from your +watch lists!
http://fa2ib.welcomefur.com/
This Script will automatically copy the submissions you want from your current Fur Affinity gallery to your current Inkbunny Account, keeping as much possible data from the original (title, description, tags, # of favs and views, original posting date).
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/.....fhpdpekfdaenjc
For ease of moving your galleries to Weasyl. This gives you a little icon in your address bar when viewing submissions in your FA gallery and, by hitting it, it'll open up the Weasly submission page with almost everything filled in and ready to submit! You can also use it to crosspost from other art sites to Weasyl.
https://bitbucket.org/Kitashi/art-g.....ager/wiki/Home
Upload submissions in batch to: Fur Affinity, Weasyl, and InkBunny.
Should I delete everything from my FA accounts and close them so I get discouraged (and hopefully help to discourage) on using the site? Or should I just leave it, based on how pissed off I get when someone goes and BAAAWWWletes everything? Take into account that I'm not quitting... whatever I'm doing in the fandom. All my content can be found at IB, Weasyl and Tumblr.Oh, and no. This doesn't have anything to do with Mr. Zaush despite of whatever terrible rumor I've heard. In fact I don't have anything against him, or any specific admin's double moral to be honest, and mostly I hate throwing stones as if I were "the most righteous fur in the world" (what an oxymoron...).
It's just that, I'm unsatisfied with the FA experience. As an aspiring software engineer I can see what a logistic nightmare running a site with a traffic this big... But the coding horrors, the complete lack of order, "support" and updates that ONLY come for the most critical exploits... I'm still pissed with the veekun incident and the lack of hindsight... Just look at Pwn2Own and Pwnium style contest! If a knowledgeable user comes to you with an exploit of your future, and the potential fix, you hire them and YOU DON'T FUCKING GIVE THEM THE BANHAMMER!
And the diplomatic skills of the administration team... oh man... They even punish for stuff that happens outside of the site! Did that people deserve it? Probably! But it is highly unethical to deny a service for things that are in... a... TOS... hah~! ^_^
And please, nobody bring the "you aren't paying for it" or the "it is their money/server/service and they can do whatever they want" cards. In fact the "why won't you stop complaining and just leave" card is useless too because I'M DOING SO AS SOON AS I WRAP UP THINGS! Also, the fact that something is free doesn't mean it has to suck (exactly like the delicious cold beer that my friend Danny offered me last time I visited her house). I'm not going to consume spoiled stuff, even if I get paid, and neither should you!
I'd just love for more people to boldly move out the site because, the more time goes on, the more art gets on the site and hence "more work" is needed to migrate, mostly for watchers because they have to track their favorites again. Artists could get the job done with most of the automatized tools out there anyway.
But in the degenerated furry art economy, for artists (specially popular ones) doing so means "losing a big portion of potential clients", whatever that is because for most popufurs it is just numbers: Numbers that pay the bills. I'm not saying it is wrong because, hey, we are all in our right to get paid for hard work with skills that took years to develop.
But by doing so they help to propagate this unending vicious circle that goes on and on and on. Watchers (and thus potential commissioners) go to the rather lackluster dump where "everybody is in". Artists don't leave because that dump is teeming with an unending source of
If only artists could realize that they can draw the masses by themselves... Haven't they realized that their fanbase will follow them in proportion of their rightful skills? ARE THEY REALLY THAT INSECURE ABOUT THEIR SKILLS AND PREFER THE COVER OF A DIRTY SECURITY BLANKET?
POPUFUR, YOU HAVE THE POWER!
oh, and if this journal causes my quick ban on FA... well, thank you mr. mod. u proved my point and saved me an hour or two.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM:
http://fa-exodus-database.tumblr.com/
This is a blog that is devoted to featuring and spotlighting artists who wish to leave FurAffinity (or have already done so) but either cannot due to requiring commissions to stay afloat financially or, for those who HAVE left, will be dealing with financial issues as a result.
If you would like to be featured, please visit the submit page for more information about what is necessary!
http://projects.weasyl.com/soft/
Just plug in your FA account name and your Weasyl account name and it'll let you know who's on Weasyl from your +watch lists!
http://fa2ib.welcomefur.com/
This Script will automatically copy the submissions you want from your current Fur Affinity gallery to your current Inkbunny Account, keeping as much possible data from the original (title, description, tags, # of favs and views, original posting date).
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/.....fhpdpekfdaenjc
For ease of moving your galleries to Weasyl. This gives you a little icon in your address bar when viewing submissions in your FA gallery and, by hitting it, it'll open up the Weasly submission page with almost everything filled in and ready to submit! You can also use it to crosspost from other art sites to Weasyl.
https://bitbucket.org/Kitashi/art-g.....ager/wiki/Home
Upload submissions in batch to: Fur Affinity, Weasyl, and InkBunny.
