Art these days almost cannot exist online as a hobby alone. Artists no longer seem to want to spend time as a fun community, because they are busy trying to make money off what they do. That's why all the DA clones keep failing, and people keep going back to Twitter or Insta etc.

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Then came socials and with it the increased pressure of not just being seen, but also monetizing everything. Whether you were planning on being a career artist or not, everyone was encouraged to sell their skills. So people became dependent on these places for or to supplement their income.

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I think that when artists wish for old DA, it's actually wishing for things to go back to before socials. IDK if people remember, but in DA heyday, artists weren't all sold on the idea of monetizing everything. People joined DA because they wanted a fun & friendly community of other artists first -

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I was a week early, but joy to everyone nonetheless!

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Received a fun package today from @annadrawsstuff.bsky.social! We love them and my wife has already named all of the raccoons.

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