I've been battling with myself over whether or not to keep this gallery active.
I loved this site a lot, and I wish it took off more than it did. I have maybe 3 or so dedicated fav/commenters here (and holy shit I appreciate all of you, that is some dedication), but I'm not really....getting anything out of it. I haven't for a while, really, but I kept it going mostly because with Waxpost it was literally 2 clicks to crosspost art from FA so I wasn't really losing anything either. But now Waxpost doesn't work on FA beta, so it takes a lot longer to post art here, for little to no return.
I am admittedly curious about the marketplace. It could be a feature that draws in business, but that would require people actually know about it, which would require people actually using the site...so I'm trying not to get my hopes too high. I guess I'll see where it goes and decide from there.
Still got my vitals on here, and golly gosh I'm singing the same way you feel on all of this. When every I get a comment I jump for joy on this contact starved site, I'm hoping to jump start it all with posting my animations on my page when I can finish everything. But I love this site too much to let the lack of usage on it throw me down.
I thought the marketplace was a bit silly, its sounds like a simple good idea but I'm so used to knowing people to hire and buy from on these sites that looking for new creators is kind of silly in all.
PS, digging your tags, ramble to your hears desire cool kid.
Though I don't post artwork as much as I'd like (i.e. ever) anymore. I do keep up with people mostly here. Though in some cases where people have chosen to leave I'll try to follow their tumblr pages or literally anywhere other than FA.
Maybe you could cut down on the particular content that you upload? Only uploading one out of five or ten of your pieces to keep the place active, but not so much as it's taking up more extra time than you'd like to commit.
eh still here though its basically a mirror of my FA which isn't much of a big deal since I've barely drawn anything. I can only say here I actually have one person that tries their best to comment on the work they fave while i'm still rocking the no fav/no comments on FA XD I get more love on DA than these two sites.
I'm still active here (though have been on haitus due to illness) but honestly its frustrating/disappointing that Weasyl didn't take off as much as hoped. The website UI works well and the whole site has a pleasant look to it, but the community seems small and withdrawn to me. Like you I've still been posting here, but its like a ghost town.
I've actually stopped commenting for the most part because people don't reply, and I suspect that's because they don't log in/ check the site often because its so dead around here. :/
I'm not going back to FA though.
Well it's gotten difficult with them platforms, but I really hope you keep this gallery up or at least tell us where you're going.
Furthermore I can only speak about my personal situation, and that is now, that my traineeship is accomplished, heading toward writing frequently. Honestly I have no idea where a good spot for furry stories and stories in general could be. But I'll keep going and take any opportunity that presents itself, while staying on course through the hard and dull times. That I can recommend to you as well. :)
I'm still partially active though I haven't posted any of my recent art (mostly because i haven't really finished anything enough to post it anywhere)
I do hope this site picks up more as there's a bunch of cool features here and I didn't notice the marketplace until you mentioned it. This site has so much potential to it.
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I try to be active as I can, with this site being my main alongside Tumblr. I've always been more the lurker type, though - browsing as much as I can, fav'ing and forgetting.
I figure the more active us present users can be, the longer the site as a whole will remain active. Right?