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Those stats at the top of your Profile are getting extra nuggets of information!
The green DeviantArt from long ago housed juicy statistics that gave a more full picture of how each deviant participates across the site, not just the basics of their deviation and watcher count.
Now, depending on a deviant's level of involvement in various areas of the site, even more numbers will show up in the Profile header to better highlight creative contributions and community activity.
This update is rolling out gradually, so some deviants may see it first.
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A new promotion for Subscriptions has been added to your Profile Gallery. You’ll find it on the far right, highlighting your Subscription tiers to bring them more visibility (and new subscribers!).
This promo will only appear to deviants who haven’t subscribed to your content yet.
This update is rolling out gradually, so some deviants may see it first.
[DEVIATION]
At DeviantArt, our priority is ensuring that when artists offer your work for free, it’s going to real fans - not to automated scrapers or bad actors looking to "bulk-harvest" the community's work.
To prevent bot-driven data mining and protect platform stability, we are introducing Weekly Download Safeguards. These limits are designed to stop automated scripts from mass-downloading thousands of images while remaining high enough for the vast majority of our community to browse and collect as usual.
We have seen some extreme instances, such as one user abusing the system and hitting the "Free Download" button 34,937 times in a single month or another user abusing the platform by downloading 42,179 times in a month!
👉 More importantly, approximately 95% of DeviantArt users never reach the monthly limit of 40 free downloads, meaning ~95% of our users will never experience any issues due to this limit whatsoever.
[DEVIATION]
The New Weekly Limits:
Non-Core & Core Basic: 10 free
Some minor updates were recently made to the video player for video deviations. You may notice subtle design changes, along with one important improvement.
Previously, videos could be downloaded even if the download option wasn’t enabled during submission. Now, video downloads are available only when the artist chooses to allow them.
Controlling your video download settings:
Before submitting: Open the “Advanced settings” dropdown. “Allow free download of source file” is toggled on by default.
After submission: Go to “Edit deviation” and click “Advanced settings.” Switch the “Allow free download of source file” toggle on or off, and click “Update” to save any changes.
