Yet another reason to detest DeviantArt....

[ladybug_archive]

I have never liked the website DeviantArt. I finally gave in and started posting some of my fanart there because, well, frankly, I knew there'd be more of an audience there than on Side7. And Side7 was really frustrating me with making it so much more difficult to achieve the credits needed for an account that would allow more than 100 pictures in it. Honestly, it just wasn't worth it.

I've always managed to post things fine on DeviantArt before. Tonight I log in and find they've changed things. First, they stuff an ad in my face right when I'm in the process of logging in, interrupting said process. Then I try to read my messages, find they're now organized by category in the sidebar instead of all being there together on the page, and what's worse, when I clicked on categories, it wouldn't bring anything up. It just spun its wheels.

Disgusted, I still tried to upload a picture. It spun its wheels some more and as of now, I have given up in disgust. I don't know whether the dumb thing's down from over-activity, maintenance, or if the "improvements" are just making it difficult to get along with.

I liked having the messages all together. I could just scroll down and pause at the sections I wanted. It saved so much time. I don't have time to be clicking on categories left and right! Especially when they won't even work anyway! And how am I going to upload anything if it keeps spinning its wheels like that?

UGH!

Comments

[northeastwind.livejournal.com]

Sorry about having to give up on Side7. Especially in exchange for DeviantArt >__> I never liked the place either, never had enough going for it for me.

Loading problems are so annoying, especially for your first time back on a site after a while. You have no idea if it's the site, or maintenance, or if you're doing something wrong that's been routine for a while now, or if it's just down for some reason... /><\ Troubleshooting is such a hassle!

I, uh, hope you have better luck in the future? >_> I wouldn't blame you for giving up entirely, man.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it takes up a lot of memory. And it seems like I'm always seeing junk on their main page that I have no desire to see at all, like nude art.

Totally!

I probably would, if I had a better alternative. Sigh.