Mainly just crossposting a rant here: Basically, DeviantArt is revamping their groups to match their new "Eclipse" style. Eclipse has gradually gotten more usable over the years so I was tentatively hopeful, until I found out that group Favorite galleries are no longer a thing in the new group pages. This is very annoying because the whole reason I made my Quark-x-Odo dA group this year and have been maintaining it so diligently is because Tumblr was pissing me off with the inability to find older art on the site through tag searches.

DeviantArt kept on looking like a better and better alternative because of the neutral group spaces that allow you to feature art with artist permission in the group Galleries, and to feature art even without artist permission in the group Favorites. Getting rid of group Favorites means I no longer have any ability to highlight the art of artists who are inactive on the website.

So basically, with this one change, dA has managed to (1) partly nullify months of my work, and (2) turn one of the few things that made them a preferable art site over Tumblr back into a non-advantage. Great job. Getting real tired of this social media bullshit. At this point I am wondering if I should just shutter the dA group, and try to create an art archive using a more conventional personal website like Neocities.

That's the main thing I had to say. I hope everyone is having a good holiday! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. I'm currently, like, furiously trying to finish up a fic and some media reviews, plus my annual writing round up post, before the new year comes around. Wish me luck!