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DA's socialist revolution by ~BTIsaac:iconBTIsaac:



[Request: I'm getting tired of people faving this on a weekly basis, so I ask anyone who wishes to add this to their favorites to look through the entire gallery, and add at least one more of my deviations along with it. If you can't find other deviations to your liking, DO NOT FAV THIS ONE.]

The winds of change has finally reached DeviantArt. The dictatorial reign of fan artists and talented people is coming to an end with the introduction of the new system. For too long was DeviantArt ruled by people who were either far more talented than others or drew too many fanart. These people took all the attention from the common folk. Becoming popular, took a lot of effort, and once someone achieved it, his popularity began to increase exponentially.

Now is no longer the case. Time is changing, and the ascension of the no-talent hacks has finally began. No longer must one toil hard and put effort in their work to achieve recognition. And no longer must one draw Naruto to draw attention to themselves. Attention whores, no talent hacks and bad comedians have been granted equal chances with those who are far above them. No longer must we look up to to those better than us, for we will all be equals. Lame animated GIFs, overdone political jokes and low quality sketches will also have a chance to shine in popularity. Yes. The socialist revolution has finally come to DA.

What is a socialist revolution you ask? allow me to demonstrate. See this cane here? Good. It has three parts. This silver grip represents the ruling class. Talented people, anime-style artists and people who draw fanart all fit into this category.  The wooden part here represents the middle class. Aspiring artists who are struggling hard to earn recognition, or promising newcomers who want to share their art with the world. Poor fools. And there is this lowest part here. This dirty little piece of rubber represents all the scum and crap that exists at the bottom of DA. Crappy sketchers, no talent hacks and boring comedians, who would never get any attention at all, forever be forced to thread in the shadows of the ruling classes. Now comes the socialist revolution. What was once on the bottom, now goes on the top. What was on the top will be tossed into obscurity, and the masses of DeviantArt will finally see that which they never could've seen. Because true art is no longer about talent. Nor is it about drawing something popular. We live in a modern world, where the talented are equal with the talentless.

New times are coming. A specter is haunting DeviantArt. The specter of Fair Exposure. No-talent-hacks of DeviantArt have nothing to lose but their obscurity. They have a website to win. Untalented men of DeviantArt, UNITE!


Ishmael Goldenberg, chief redactor of the Obscurity.
©2008-2010 ~BTIsaac
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Author's Comments

PLEASE READ: I added a short notice for future readers. From now on, anyone who wishes to fav this must fav at least one more of my deviations. Othervise just ignore this. If I keep getting more favs for this Deviation while the rest of my works (most of which took significantly more time and effort to make) remain ignored, This Deviation will be moved to the scraps, and eventually deleted. If this stupid article is the only reason people even care to look my way, then I'm better off without it.

Yeah. So I figured DeviantArt's new Fair Exposure system is a lot like communism, hence the Karl Marx quote at the end.

Seriously. I understand the intentions here. And while I am a big fan of Teruchan [link] I do believe there are other artists who deserve just as much attention. But when I see stuff like stick figures humping a 'Your Mom' sign, it makes me sad. (The guy who did that was just banned for art thievery, but :iconalexiuss: mentions the case here: [link] )
Even if the new system would boost my pageviews, I wouldn't like it. I want to earn my own popularity, instead of having the DA crew make me into mister celebrity, and to be frank, I believe that is all the Fair Exposure is all about.

Comments


:iconarhcamtilnaad:
ah, the truth. don't we all just love the truth. :D

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:iconbtisaac:
Indeed.

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:iconsuvarius:
Hot damn, this is right on the money. Or should I say that, what with the communism and all? Hmmm...
But I agree with you and what several people have said already - I want to work hard to get my pageviews and to get my art liked by the masses. There's not pride, no sense of achievement if it's just thrust up on the front page by some randomizing algorithm (I am starting to loathe that word).
People aren't equal, and neither is their art. Popularity is not equal either, to some extent.

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:iconbtisaac:
Damn straight.

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:iconit3r4si:
Spread the word! That's 100% truth...
*put's in his journal*
Great article...
:iconbtisaac:
Thanks.

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:iconakikorossella:
I agree with this journal: [link]
And I have to say that a lot of talented people were unknown, now they have a chance. The same for photos: DA is not an anime/manga artists monopoly.
It's not the system who fav the crappy sketches like tigrillo's, but the people. Blame on them, not the algorithm system.
The Naruto fanart is horrible, I couldn't stand it anymore. It was too easy to become popoular using other mangakas'work...
And finally, I don't think that popuolar people were all talented, and surely they were not the only ones.

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:iconbtisaac:
I prefer Naruto over a stickman humping the "your mom" sign anytime. Especially if said stickman pic is stolen. And please forgive me if I disagree, but :iconalexiuss: is a talented person. And no matter what you say, :iconteruchan: is talented too.
And I came here to earn recognition and make a name for myself. I don't want to become popular just because I was picked out by a random algorithm. Fair Exposure ruins the whole point of faving.

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:iconakikorossella:
Inever said they weren't talented, in fact I'm watching teruchan too and I love her art.
The point is another.
As I told you, it's not the system who gives the fav to the stickman.
The system follows an algorithm, it's not random, there is a maths logic and it still goes by fav, but through different categories.
You talk about the stickman, but you ignore all the awsome photos and other drawings, so it's easy for you to substain your theory.
Why don'y you put the link of this, for ex? [link]
It was on the frontpage.
And with this system you have more chances to make a name then before.

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:iconangua-of-uberwald:
wow, like your writing. yeah i would like to get more page views..but i see what you say, it feels better when youactually EARN your views.

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