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I rarely post Journals anymore, much less anything like this. I never got involved in sitewide community drama, things over systems or changes. But with this I feel I must because this is my home, this is where I grew, suffered, learned, watched and more. To give you a preface I have not had a good day, I've lost 3-5 years worth of story details, Roleplays, unfinished stories or so. Adding to that many of my friends have vanished from the face of the internet without so much as a goodbye and worse I see a painful reminder pop up of approaching increase in the latter due to this. This issue does not lie in Ai art, it lies with Deviantart. It lies with their changes, it lies with the fact they have given us no choice in this By DEFAULT system, it lies with them trying to line their pockets. I have used AI generated art, yes same as when before I had the means to draw or give face to my characters way back when I started and used dress up games, doll makers, character creators and

I rarely post Journals anymore, much less anything like this. I never got involved in sitewide community drama, things over systems or changes. But with this I feel I must because this is my home, this is where I grew, suffered, learned, watched and more. To give you a preface I have not had a good day, I've lost 3-5 years worth of story details, Roleplays, unfinished stories or so. Adding to that many of my friends have vanished from the face of the internet without so much as a goodbye and worse I see a painful reminder pop up of approaching increase in the latter due to this. This issue does not lie in Ai art, it lies with Deviantart. It lies with their changes, it lies with the fact they have given us no choice in this By DEFAULT system, it lies with them trying to line their pockets. I have used AI generated art, yes same as when before I had the means to draw or give face to my characters way back when I started and used dress up games, doll makers, character creators and