in my last journal i may have said I was peeved that im seeing folks return to FA...I more so peeved to see that the activity on weasyl has slowed. like it used to have an active hourly rate at 3000 - 3500 after things had already calmed down. its why i felt bad about not really contributing.
so i put FA at the forefront when I actually meant I was sad to see the activity drop. I know FA isn't gonna go down in a short amount of time. I also know people would go back to FA. Cause the responses to my last journal seems that I came off as sour. probably doesn't help that I'm in a sour , blah mood and feeling partly responsible. Weaysl is still hella active compared to before the heavy flood and thats awesom.
So I hope that clarifies things a little bit.....erf.
Personally, I'm putting all my new stuff up here (and all my old stuff too) as quickly as I can write it. But (a) I'm a writer, so by default both slower and less appealing to most casual viewers than artists, and (b) totally obscure.
So yeah, it's easier for me to drop FA after a decade there, but I'm doing it. I'm hoping that eventually others will do the same.
Some of it also lies with how Weasyl works. I noticed a lot of complaint journals with submission/notification management. People will only put up with it for a certain amount of time before they go back to with what they know.
It's imperative that Weasyl works on that as best as possible given how cynical many have become and putting up with certain behaviors at the other site. People will move if they see the site update its users and engage them as much as possible. That is why I put in a lot of effort on the forums to engage I want people to remember that experience and stay.
I definitely agree with this, change is hard! And if you switch to something new, it's really easy to give up on it and feel like the old thing was better at the first little bit of dissatisfaction.
I should go on the forums, but i've never been much good at them! What are the threads like? Lots of subjects? Can I yell at people about politics?
I'm definitely staying on weasyl, and I don't post anything to FA anymore (not that I would since it would all be commissions I get from the real artists) but I've totally bailed on FA permanently. Specifically because of the admins and not the drama, I mean I did this months ago so this ain't anything new to me, I was just figuring people were finding out what I already knew.
Which means I can dance around and go YEAH WELCOME TO THE CLUB HEH I'VE BEEN TAKING UP ALL THE VIP SPACE MYSELF secretly inside my mind every time something happens on FA where people realize they should get the hell out.
Knowing FA I'm sure some other stuff will pop up soon that will make people want to leave again.
lol, i don't think you need to worry i think if people checked it out more, Weasyl is alot better for artists :P. i'm loving it here. ^^
Reminds me of a Discordian quote:
"Big donkeys, small donkeys, all good to eat."
Each site has good features&bad features, familiarity&newness, popularity&etcsetcetcetc.....
Weasyl wins a bit for folders, larger image sizes, and that nice little banner on your Profile home page that makes it feel so much like your own place. FA ...well....big party, good times - of course there will be some jerks - jerks don't last - they overstep and perish - but lynching aint too cool either...so...
On the other paw the various sites are like cons. There isn't One Con - why should there be? And why think "I'll only go to one con!"
i think it's rather sad that people have migrated to Weezy as a second choice when it has it's own merits. That kind of peeves me. That and spiders. ........... bbbrrrrrrrrr - spiders!!! - ....but i digress.......
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I wouldn't say you're partly responsible for it. Not to discount your own cred or reputation, but a lot of folks make their own calls and decisions on what websites they won't or will frequent. Not to say that you probably don't have some sway, but you should let something like that bother you to such an extent.
People are what they are, and if they want so stay in their own fixed patterns and behaviors? Well... That's their call, really.