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If you're watching me you might want to go watch this guy
Posted 7 years ago
VKAK"Why am I getting new watches?" - A haiku
Posted 10 years agoI don't understand
Why would you watch this account?
There's nothing here now
Why would you watch this account?
There's nothing here now
Oh no it's a "Leaving FA" journal. How tragic.
Posted 10 years agoWhen I joined FurAffinity 8 years ago, it was all new and exciting. I had fun browsing around all this new stuff, started submitting things of my own, and after a short while, joined the forums to have some fun on there too. It was there I learned about the great Ferrox project. It was to be the new and improved FA. It sounded great. But time passed, and Ferrox died, and FA stayed the same. Then there was a new UI shown, and it never arrived. A merger with Furocity that collapsed into a sad puddle. This was a pattern I would continue to see over these long years, and it still continues today.
At the same time, I'd begun to notice stories about FA, about members banned for odd reasons, gripes from ex-staff, site flaws, strange admin abilities, mismanagement. Sometimes technical in nature, sometimes social, but each one would slowly reveal the rotten core. It became clear that FA wasn't really going anywhere. It was a shambling zombie, barely keeping itself upright, but wearing pretty clothes and telling everyone it was fine, and to just give it some time.
Thankfully, most of this did not really affect the forum I had come to enjoy. I was even made mod there, but finally the rot had reached the forum too. The same attitude of having absolute power to do as they wished whilst doing little to improve things. Claiming to listen and respond to feedback whilst ignoring it completely. To make things the way those in charge wanted it over all else. When that failed, the forum was going to be nuked entirely, regardless of those who had come to call it home. Thankfully, it seems that has been (forcefully) averted, and will likely end up having to split from FA to remain intact. Virtually all of this is documented on the forum, if anyone cares to peruse it.
Maybe one day - after ten years of waiting - they'll finally implement folders. Maybe they'll manage to clear their trouble ticket queue. Maybe we can eventually nest quotes and upload larger images and blacklist tags. But as long as the same people remain in charge, FA will never really progress. It's been given life support by IMVU to keep it staggering on, but I am no longer willing to support this site. I have removed my submissions so they cannot make money from the shitty adverts plastered around when people view my work. I refuse to let them profit from it to help them carry on their sad charade of pretend progress.
I am done.
For now, I have created an account on Weasyl, though I have not yet decided if I will be anywhere else in addition. I might even upload something new. Who knows.
TL;DR version: If FA was an animal it would be put down, it's rotten on the inside, and I'm taking my shit elsewhere so FA and IMVU wont profit off my stuff any longer, I'm on Weasyl, bye
At the same time, I'd begun to notice stories about FA, about members banned for odd reasons, gripes from ex-staff, site flaws, strange admin abilities, mismanagement. Sometimes technical in nature, sometimes social, but each one would slowly reveal the rotten core. It became clear that FA wasn't really going anywhere. It was a shambling zombie, barely keeping itself upright, but wearing pretty clothes and telling everyone it was fine, and to just give it some time.
Thankfully, most of this did not really affect the forum I had come to enjoy. I was even made mod there, but finally the rot had reached the forum too. The same attitude of having absolute power to do as they wished whilst doing little to improve things. Claiming to listen and respond to feedback whilst ignoring it completely. To make things the way those in charge wanted it over all else. When that failed, the forum was going to be nuked entirely, regardless of those who had come to call it home. Thankfully, it seems that has been (forcefully) averted, and will likely end up having to split from FA to remain intact. Virtually all of this is documented on the forum, if anyone cares to peruse it.
Maybe one day - after ten years of waiting - they'll finally implement folders. Maybe they'll manage to clear their trouble ticket queue. Maybe we can eventually nest quotes and upload larger images and blacklist tags. But as long as the same people remain in charge, FA will never really progress. It's been given life support by IMVU to keep it staggering on, but I am no longer willing to support this site. I have removed my submissions so they cannot make money from the shitty adverts plastered around when people view my work. I refuse to let them profit from it to help them carry on their sad charade of pretend progress.
I am done.
For now, I have created an account on Weasyl, though I have not yet decided if I will be anywhere else in addition. I might even upload something new. Who knows.
TL;DR version: If FA was an animal it would be put down, it's rotten on the inside, and I'm taking my shit elsewhere so FA and IMVU wont profit off my stuff any longer, I'm on Weasyl, bye
