FA needs a Moses-kind of personality who'll lead the disillusioned furries into the promised land, but never reach it himself... :)

I know I definitely don't miss FA.

I haven't posted there in a long while too, but probably will again, if only for more traffic. Weasyl is.. kinda dead :/

Thank you for sharing this! I've been a bit of an advocate about trying to make Weasyl more active and convince more people to post here and help the community. Weasyl is a great site and I am already following most of those ideas, and there are some great ones in there too!

I haven't used FA for months but this recent cockup seems to be the push I needed to actually delete my account as soon as the damn thing goes online.

I'm only still active there cos I need the money, dA too, they're both on the list of 'shit to dump with Tumblr when I get a fucking full time job'. Call it motivation >_> There are some great ideas in that journal though, I think I'll take them on board =O

I wouldn't miss FA if it finally lost its majority user-base over alternative sites like Weasyl. What's happening now though seems like a true last straw for alot of people. Here's to seeing what happens atleast.

Great link, thanks for sharing! Glad you're doing your small part to help the FA-Weasyl transition! I'm only still "active" on FA (i.e. passively watching and occasionally commenting) because I post no art and derive no income from the site whatsoever. Just your basic lurking watcher. But even that level of involvement makes me feel a bit dirty.

The "I'd post more on Weasyl, but its so dead / I don't get as many faves / I need the commissions" excuse is maddening, it's frustrating to see that particular vicious circle in operation.... Certainly guarantees that nothing on either site will ever change. Maybe I lack the perspective of a struggling artist trying to make ends meet, having gotten peripherally involved in the fandom long after finding a non-art, non-Internet based source of income.

One would think that tying one's income solely to the future competence/ethics of Dragoneer and his associates would be the more terrifying option....