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DeviantArt? More like DesperateArt.

Wed Apr 8, 2009, 1:43 AM
So, hey, DeviantArt? I get it, okay. You want me to subscribe. But your abusive behavior about trying to get me to subscribe is really, really getting under my skin. I visit DeviantArt about once per day to go through all the new deviations I can look at, and in the last two weeks, several changes have been made to the "check your deviations/messages" page.

The number of deviations-per-page has been dramatically reduced. A new advertising sidebar has been added, showing me deviantart shirts I should buy. And at least every other day (sometimes every day) I come here to find a new message, written in bright bold red letters above all of my other deviantart messages at the top of the screen, demanding I subscribe because like it's so cool and everybody's doing it, man. On top of that, I am also getting what are basically pop-up advertisements now that are trying to guilt-trip me in to buying a subscription for this site.

It's like, dude. Step off. It's not 2001 anymore. Annoying me to death isn't going to get me to pay for a subscription. We're barely a hair's breadth away from the level of desperation you get from some place like FilePlanet when they ask you to subscribe to their service.

Badgering people in to subscribing just so they can get rid of your stupid "HEY, IF YOU LIKE THIS SITE SO MUCH, PAY US MONEY FOR IT BECAUSE THIS HAMPSTER IS TIRED" pop-ups is ridiculous. It's starting to feel like every time I turn around there's something else taking up page space begging me to subscribe.

Knock it off.

  • Mood: Dead
  • Playing: 'ey, you know... stuff.

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:icongagaman:
I know how you feel, it drives me nuts. There simply isn't enough advantages for me from subscribing to warrant paying to use the site, not do I use the site enough that I would get my money's worth.

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:iconmeowtwo:
PERSONALLY I LIKE BEING BADGERED.
:iconayamemaiden:
The hamster ad pissed me off.

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:iconclownboss:
I haven't subscribed and I don't even notice the ads. It shows you how after some time, you'll just ignore them in your subconscious.

But yeah, when paying attention to them, they do get annoying.

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:iconvgfm:
they even lied and told me that I had 100 deviations when I don't just to guilt-trip me about all the space I'm supposedly taking up.

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:iconomegasigma:
that technicly can be considered harassment

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:iconjoshyartist:
is there really? cause I NEVER see that big bold subscribe now message nor do I technically feel forced or put upon to do so. and no i'm not subscribed.

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