Welcome to my profile!

Since I've been back onto DeviantArt, I recently analyzed the interaction rates and feedback on my submissions and I feel like I missed out on so much.

I've been uploading my artworks on several websites like Twitter, FurAffinity and on some rare occasions Bluesky.
Bluesky I obviously abandoned due to the major shift in user activity and more concerning events on there.
The fact that a site like Crearsky exists is a good feature, however I feel very uncomfortable with users receiving anonymous labels and being put on lists maliciously.
Lastly also the significant increase in SA and CSAM that has been reported in statistics ever since more users moved over to Bluesky definitely shook me off.

Twitters algorithm gets worse and worse every day.
Instead of healthy growth, the only way of getting interactions there is to ragebait.
The toxisity has skyrocketed since COVID and while I don't mind the political shift and less oppressive censorship, the site has a major bot and NSFW problem, making it impossible to use.

Lastly FurAffinity.
While I basically just upload and move on, I find next to no success here.
NSFW content is clearly flooding the timeline, giving you a weird feeling to participate just to get some attention.
It's hard to build a small audience here without moving to fetish art.


But why do I say all of this?

DeviantArt changed everything.
I left the platform in early 2023 for DeviantArt's weird decisions.
When I heard about them introducing AI to their system and they started promoting AI "artists" making thousands of dollars in revenue, it left an awful taste in my mouth and I kept on to the decision to never go back.
But in reality it was a mistake, because looking through my recent works and the ability to join groups to promote my art further, I gained significant numbers compared to all other platforms combined.
Advertising is far easier than anywhere else and building an audience more comfortable.
Knowing that all of my favourite artists also started out and grew their audiences there as well, I was foolish.
After deep consideration I have to admit that this website truly gives me a lot more motivation to keep going and people genuinely like my art, regardless of the theme.

I held myself back for way too long, attempted to push several times without success.
But it's time to make a change.
From now on I'll be semi-active here, only uploading when I have a good amount of pieces finished.
I'll start focusing a lot more on DeviantArt and build a followership there with art I'm genuinely interested in.

As long as FurAffinity doesn't proof itself to be worth my sweat, tears and wrist, I'll keep my activity minimal here.