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I LOVE watching artists stream...But...
7 years ago
Don't get me wrong, I love everything about art streams, more often than not you can get a commission same-day, if not within the next few days, and in addition many artists offer them at a cheaper than usual price.
But I can't help but get aggravated everytime I open up my submissions or journals list and find out a favourite artist of mine started streaming 5, 6....X/Y/Z Hours ago, and have since either gone offline, or stopped accepting in-stream commissions. God damn my timezone!
I just want to make it clear I'm NOT bashing artists for this, they have lives, jobs and families too, I just wish FA had some kind of live notification system for things like "Steam: Online" Or whatever.
Yeah, I could create an account on whatever streaming site the artist uses and get notifications that way..But that's another password for me to remember. And my memory is bad enough as it is.
#firstworldproblems - amirite?
But I can't help but get aggravated everytime I open up my submissions or journals list and find out a favourite artist of mine started streaming 5, 6....X/Y/Z Hours ago, and have since either gone offline, or stopped accepting in-stream commissions. God damn my timezone!
I just want to make it clear I'm NOT bashing artists for this, they have lives, jobs and families too, I just wish FA had some kind of live notification system for things like "Steam: Online" Or whatever.
Yeah, I could create an account on whatever streaming site the artist uses and get notifications that way..But that's another password for me to remember. And my memory is bad enough as it is.
#firstworldproblems - amirite?
Not only do I agree with the stream online/offline feature I think the same thing could be done for people with open/closed commission slots so it would be easier to see who of your watched artists are actually open.
But yeah #firstworldartproblems all the way. xD
I wonder if FA has some kind of 'feature recommendations/ideas' through their ticket system, I might even consider writing out some kind of report or information if this is a recurring problem for many users.
I have a feeling it'd make the site much, much more streamlined, easier to use and more user friendly.
They're all problems you yourself - As a person can resolve. "Just check your watchlist." "Just sign up for the streaming site the artists uses and ask for email notifications." But I just feel like with a few tweaks this place could be so, so much more.
Hopefully things will improve in future. For a place as big as FA, changes like that are super important stepping stones.
Though the last time it was touched was late may, so..Not sure if that's still an ongoing project.