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Early morning rant of a tired espeon by Tofubread
So, This is what...about 1 month since my usage of weasyl began. I've gotten used to some markdowns, but...fuckin'a it's dead.
Pretty much, as far as it does concern, i am the least socially active on this site compared to my other galleries. The few things that do bug me still kind of bug me and honestly, just about everyone i follow posts stuff i've seen on the other 2 sites i'm on. I hardly find anything new here since it's not like i watch many exclusive artists. Is this my main problem? yeah, but much like FA, i actually would have to invest time in the site to make it work.
That's the thing; I'm already devoted to DA and FA because of who i follow and vice versa. Who do i know here? practically nobody. I don't know anyone who is socially active here that i'd talk to because i'm mostly on DA, FA, Skype and even twitter now. It's so distracting that i haven't drawn in a few days. Bah; i'm a mess (and tired)
Oh, and i do get nitpicky about who i want to follow here on weasyl; i want no part of anyone who still wishes FA to burn to the ground.
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it is sometime around 5am for me, so this is me speaking out of tiredness (maybe even insomnia).
As far as my experience is, i just...have a really hard time staying on weasyl. Perhaps it just that i know around the corner somewhere, i might encounter someone who just has the "FA must burn" negativity and i don't want to deal with that? I know it seems strange, but that's what currently makes me uncomfortable here. Is that going to make me leave? No.
As far as my activity goes, i'm more of a watcher, but if everyone i watch are from sites i already watch them from (sans you and probably 2 other people), then i'm not really seeing anything new on the site that would make me come back here more often.
Gah, just....sorry for my bitching; i'm just really tired and had a lot on my mind.
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It's 5am for me too, but I'm a night owl so I'm pretty awake, heh. I understand, though.
Well if a user is calling people out from FA, that is something you should at least let us know about. I don't encounter it much, but you can understand where people's frustration might come from. I think what attracts many people to try Weasyl is that it has a fresh interface and a dev team that's actively coding and pushing out updates as time allows. We get users who are burned out from FA, DA, Tumblr, IB, SF, and a bunch of others places where they feel their voice isn't heard, or that they don't enjoy the community. Sometimes people take it way too far, for sure.
I can see how that would be frustrating. I made Weasyl my exclusive place to upload music (I'm sure my FA watchers are in tears about it lol), and we've had some pretty big artists come and make a splash here, but duplicate content across websites can be annoying for a watcher, sure. In that sense, these sites lend themselves more to the interests of artists than they do for watchers, but hopefully with some future updates in store, we can change that a bit. I can't really say any specifics right now, but Weasyl will have some interesting twists in its future.
Nah, it's perfectly fine. It's not my job to do or anything, but I like reading all the journals and getting a pulse for how users feel about the site. The frustration is rarely about the site itself, but stems from people just wanting it to be more active.
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Again, i do apologize though. It's not really fair for me to put a lot of pressure to the site or anything simply because i spend too much time observing (which is why i remained neutral on the whole drama thing on FA) and perhaps complain about stuff everynow and then.
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Nothing to apologize for. You're free to express anything you want here, within common decency of course. We're not going to censor you just because you're frustrated, and I'm replying to you mostly as another user, not in any official capacity. I have a vested interest in trying to do my part to make the community better, at least.
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Well, you're going a good job then :)
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But i was apologizing cause i felt bad since you were dealing with my complaints @~@
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Thank you, but nah, no worries. Sometimes I wish I could flip the Mod tag on/off, so people know I'm talking as a user instead of as a site rep, but life's not that easy haha.
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The only reason I really don't use my FA anymore is because it's a terrible, terrible place to be a musician. I've already had more success here in 2 months than I ever did on FA in years. I can assure you that statistically, this site is nowhere near close to being dead, but we are certainly in a bit of a lull. It's a tough time of the year for a lot of people, especially before Spring Break and the like. Weasyl will assuredly keep growing, but it does take time.