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Oh, God. I recall a time when I wrote journal entries, not complaining about anything except for art thieves, bullies, and trolls. Navigating this platform was once effortless, but the introduction of Eclipse has significantly complicated things. Their constant updates have made it impossible to find anything of interest. Before this, I could quickly check comments, replies, and group notifications on my profile. I must now navigate the cluttered sections with red numbers. It’s frustrating, to say the least, and I feel like Eclipse was a mistake. A huge MISTAKE! [EMOTE] As a DeviantArt member for ten years, I have observed numerous changes. However, the latest updates prioritize AI-generated “art,” raising concerns about theft and accountability regarding proper attribution and tagging. The shift has left some members questioning the platform’s commitment to artists. It is about profit rather than community. I attempted resistance, but it was useless without support. If you want to

I won’t complain about website content being scraped by AI composites or DeviantArt’s “protection” requiring a checkbox for each uploaded image. No. You should expect people to misuse your work. DeviantArt’s actions can result in it becoming incompetent. Fortunately, they introduced an automated system following our complaints.   I anticipated that they would misuse your work, and DeviantArt failed to deliver. Once something is posted online, it is accessible to everyone. That’s the beast. If you don’t like it, do not upload the content. Simple as that! However, I’m furious about the deluge of AI composites flooding my feed here. I see more of that crap than genuine and original content. DeviantArt guarantees that its AI tools will not consume user content, but this claim is not the focus of my current concerns. I came here to discuss this: https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/954598039/5054059571 Once you grant a diamond badge to a deviant, you cannot grant the same deviant a

DeviantArt has implemented a cash requirement for artists to protect uploads on the website. Following the implementation of a cash requirement, concerns have arisen about the lack of an effective reporting mechanism for users who bypass the AI turn-off option. This raises questions about whether the cash requirement aligns with the platform’s commitment to providing a space for traditional artists to display their work without interference from AI-generated content. Some people believe that the abundance of AI-generated works makes it difficult to distinguish authentic creations by traditional artists amid the flood of AI images. A significant number of users have asserted that their engagement with AI content is not deliberate, highlighting concerns about the website’s design favoring AI over traditional art. Critics claim that DeviantArt used artists’ content to create the DreamUp AI generator without proper consent, raising ethical questions about the website’s practices. This

A continuation of my popular blog from 2020. Missing features: Favorites. Affiliations. Forums and announcements. Widget to display blog authors. Widgets to display gallery contributors. Monthly statistics. Weekly statistics. The radar for displaying visitors of our group. The watch button. Now you must join the group to watch it? The countdown widget. The Twitter widget. The list of gallery folders on the group's home page. Example: Administrator area: No visitor widget. No custom box. No recent notes. No affiliates. No button to create a new post. No log tab to see the recent activities of the group. No management members? No information kiosk. No widgets to use in the administrator's area, like on the home page. No recent announcements. No recent journal entries. Ruined features. 1. There is an inability to add multiple deviations in bulk with a single click. In the old user interface, you could select up to 10 deviations to feature in the group folder.

If you are going to force Eclipse on everyone, the least you can do is fix and finish the website first! This is meant to be a comprehensive, alphabetized list of all the features that are either tarnished by Eclipse, completely removed, hidden, or replaced. I will continue to update this as I discover features that are missing or broken. Update: I have added what @danlev wrote in his comment. Note that what he wrote is in bold. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to find. There is still much to do to make it 100% functional. Removed Features: Manage deviations and friends’ lists via the menu. (See screenshots below.) [DEVIATION] The preview button for comments is missing in Eclipse. A search engine adds media. The preview functionality is missing in Eclipse; please restore it. Thank you. If you are a group administrator, you can currently view group messages, submitted deviations, etc., from your notifications page. That feature is not available in Eclipse. I wrote to them about it