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spyed

Dec 9, 2023

A human-generated-only art community seems very meaningful now. And more so with time.

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spyed

Sep 27, 2023

The new # Daily Challenges are really excellent, I love seeing challenges come back. But it's even better that they elegantly promote our hashtags. Well done @HQ!!

No one will see this post though, as Posts continue to feel buried. A loose end, something I didn't push on hard enough before leaving. A reasonable solution was to have a default option for a deviants most recent journal to show up on all of their deviation pages. This would create a little "Web-ring" of traffic for the journal, based on interest in deviations.

Deviations are always primary at DA, so Posts (which are secondary) need these types of boosts to balance out their exposure.

I also think that user avatars should sparkle (like people with Instagram stories) for the first 3 days after a journal is posted. Allowing you to see what a person has to say when you click on the ID card.

Little things like that make a big difference.

Meanwhile, I hope you've all been well. It's chaotic out there, wear your rain coat. And don't forget to rescue a donkey any chance you get!

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spyed

Mar 15, 2023

How's it going?

1 min read

How's it going around here? At a glance, it appears that the recommendations team is doing a fantastic job with the home environment. The quality of stuff I'm interested in is way up- all fresh and recent. I don't see much AI artwork, which was really over-taking the place for a moment.

How's everyone feeling these days?

I've had a fun break. Didn't know how much I needed it.

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spyed

Jun 8, 2022

A New Chapter Begins

3 min read

Dearest Deliciously Devious DeviantArt,

Our community is not only the largest community the Internet has ever seen; I’ve traveled around the world and met so many of you, and through all of my interactions at Comic-Cons, World Tours, Deviant Meets and random gatherings I’ve always said that the very special bond of creativity that binds us all, actually results in a very caring and sweet group of people. Our community of Deviants are also the best, kindest, most sincere people who have ever congregated at such a scale under one umbrella.

I’ve been the Shepard of that umbrella for 22 years, and that has been my greatest joy and my greatest professional love. I’ve tried through all of it to remain centered on the principals and care that each of you have instilled in me, and I’ve tried to push forward standing behind the projects that I felt were the best aligned with our values as a community.

The entire journey of DeviantArt has had its many chapters, this past 5+ years at Wix have been excellent, and the unwavering support we’ve seen from Avishai (CEO of Wix) and Nir (President at Wix) has been incredible allowing us to push forward the big changes that DeviantArt has needed in order to go forward into the future.

On the broader Internet compared to the year 2000, where no one (let alone artists) had proper distribution channels, monetization opportunities, and a clear path to follow to find success; the year 2022 is absolutely astounding in terms of progress for artists. I’m so proud that our humble community might have contributed a bit to the new world that now exists. We lived in a world where being an artist meant certain financial demise.. the starving artist… and today artists thrive and achieve success at incredible scale.

The mission at DeviantArt is to Entertain, Inspire & Empower the Artist in All of Us. I’ve been feeling very inspired lately to branch out and explore my own creativity and to deviate from my norm.

To achieve this, I’ve stepped down from the CEO role at DeviantArt, and into a personal development role for a while. I’m grateful to Moti Levy @Wannabby (DeviantArt’s NEW CEO!), Liat Karpel @lollycavalier (DeviantArt’s relatively NEW CMO!!), to @@Chris my co-founder and second full timer ever who was critical to our success, along with The One and Only @@Heidi who will both soon outnumber my own years as staff at DeviantArt. The relentless Sasha @@randomduck, and the rest of the wonderful members of the DeviantArt management team and overall team— From B.I. to U.I. & U.X., Help Desk & Moderation, A.I. & Search through to Operations, Sales & Marketing, & to the hardest working product team there is; DeviantArt is in excellent, capable, caring hands with passionate minds.

I am grateful. Please always give our team, and our new CEO Moti Levy, your full support.

All my love, still here forever, just enjoying and sharing deviations.

— Angelo

Aka @spyed

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spyed

Dec 23, 2021

Great article about DeviantArt Protect!

https://www.ibtimes.com/deviantart-intensifies-anti-digital-art-theft-campaign-bares-2022-deviant-protection-3362373

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Twenty More Years! by spyed, journal

Twenty More Years!

Aug 7, 2020

We are so grateful for all of you, our beloved members, and we are so happy to celebrate with you today! What a giant milestone! Every day YOU delight and astonish us with all that you do. We are so proud of you, and so proud of all that we've accomplished together! 20 Years of DeviantArt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to thank you from my heart for this fantastic 20 year journey. The opportunity to live every day learning so much about the many complex disciplines needed to produce DeviantArt with you has been the greatest joy and adventure of my life so far. Thank you so much to our team. You are so mighty and so strong! You're lifting the heaviest boulders on the Internet, there's so much DeviantArt, and so much to make new, and so few of us to do it. The rebuilding of a Giant. And you do it with so much more grace than me. Thank you so much to our team members from our past. Your spirits here persist, and we love you! Congratulations to our co-founders and our founding team.

Start with Love by spyed, journal

Start with Love

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I’m so excited for deviants all around the world to share their Start With Love creations and messages. We all need inspiration for how to be during these times, and what better community to ask than the loving folks on DeviantArt. In just two hours there are already dozens of participants, and over the coming weeks this community activity is sure to be a joy to watch as it evolves.How do we share love and positivity with each other during this health crisis? At the very least we must find the courage each day to remain connected, to reach each other and relay a positive message.❤️https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Start-With-Love-83...

Where Art Starts by spyed, journal

Where Art Starts

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Do you know what fires your imagination

Oct 10, 2017

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Great Progress

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