[00:00] References to Tumblr, whose purge seems to me to have made this rumor (if it is one) spread more easily, abound [00:01] If you look at their forums, there's the usual talk of an exodus over the redesign, and a lot of people convinced of the "purge", despite the denial - moving because of a "purge" that doesn't happen is to the same effect as a boycott [00:02] So I'd say that the threats are 1. Such a "purge" and 2. A boycott/exodus [00:03] I'll refrain from judgment on the first, but the only website I can think of that had a more or less user-driven (as opposed to functionality-change-driven) sudden exodus is Digg - seems to me that a decline would be gradual [00:06] From what I can tell, the biggest threat long-term (if the "purge" doesn't occur) is 3. a gradual decline, caused by the broader-scope flight to social media, and adjustments to try to counteract this by making Deviantart more like social media, that end up driving people away by making it like a mediocre social media site and getting rid of its niche [00:13] *** lennier2 has joined #archiveteam-bs [00:15] so knss steve and ted in the morning mp3s go back to 2017-02-09 now [00:16] so i can at least grab that far back now [00:16] Different interpretation of their motivations (trying to attract more professional artists as opposed to amateurs and pornographers) here: https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/ayczjf/whats_up_with_all_the_hate_for_deviantart_eclipse/ei060bc/ [00:18] If they are unsuccessful, the effect is the same [00:19] *** lennier1 has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [00:19] *** lennier2 is now known as lennier1 [01:39] Woo, added more sources [01:53] *** balrog has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [01:57] *** balrog has joined #archiveteam-bs [02:01] *** balrog has quit IRC (Client Quit) [02:05] *** balrog has joined #archiveteam-bs [02:15] *** Specular has joined #archiveteam-bs [02:26] *** ShellyRol has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) [02:28] *** ShellyRol has joined #archiveteam-bs [02:55] *** DogsRNice has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [03:13] *** qw3rty_ has joined #archiveteam-bs [03:16] *** BlueMax has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [03:21] *** qw3rty has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [03:48] *** BlueMax has joined #archiveteam-bs [03:53] *** BlueMax has quit IRC (Client Quit) [04:52] *** lennier2 has joined #archiveteam-bs [04:54] *** lennier1 has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [04:54] *** lennier2 is now known as lennier1 [06:48] *** godane has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 610 seconds) [07:02] *** DopefishJ has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [07:03] *** DFJustin has joined #archiveteam-bs [07:36] *** OrIdow6 has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) [08:01] *** scorche has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [08:02] *** scorche has joined #archiveteam-bs [08:11] *** OrIdow6 has joined #archiveteam-bs [09:08] *** ShellyRol has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 610 seconds) [09:19] *** ShellyRol has joined #archiveteam-bs [09:40] *** OrIdow6 has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) [09:45] *** OrIdow6 has joined #archiveteam-bs [11:31] *** Specular_ has joined #archiveteam-bs [11:36] *** Specular has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 372 seconds) [11:40] *** schbirid has joined #archiveteam-bs [12:15] *** Maylay has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [12:48] *** Maylay has joined #archiveteam-bs [12:51] *** Specular has joined #archiveteam-bs [12:56] *** Specular_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 372 seconds) [13:00] *** kiska has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) [13:01] *** kiska has joined #archiveteam-bs [13:37] *** Jonimus has joined #archiveteam-bs [13:47] *** Specular_ has joined #archiveteam-bs [13:52] *** Specular has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 372 seconds) [14:14] *** ShellyRol has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [14:36] *** ShellyRol has joined #archiveteam-bs [15:24] *** Specular_ has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [16:07] *** HP_Archiv has joined #archiveteam-bs [16:13] *** qw3rty__ has joined #archiveteam-bs [16:20] *** qw3rty_ has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [16:29] *** HP_Archiv has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [17:11] *** britmob has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [17:23] *** HP_Archiv has joined #archiveteam-bs [17:24] *** britmob has joined #archiveteam-bs [18:16] *** HP_Archiv has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [18:17] *** HP_Archiv has joined #archiveteam-bs [18:49] *** HP_Archiv has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [19:12] *** Pixi has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) [19:14] *** Pixi has joined #archiveteam-bs [19:49] *** schbirid has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [20:17] *** Dj-Wawa has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 745 seconds) [20:24] *** Dj-Wawa has joined #archiveteam-bs [20:32] *** HP_Archiv has joined #archiveteam-bs [23:42] *** BlueMax has joined #archiveteam-bs