Comment on The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet -- Multi-hyphenate

ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

When artists now are now asked, after years of being on social media platforms and these lackluster art sites, what their dream art website looks like.
They describe a store.
A store that is allowed to sell pornography also.

Capitalism and the greater opportunity to live off your art are definitely one of the biggest death causes of most community oriented sites. The moment money enters the equation, fun gets kicked off. Why show off your art around if there’s no profit to be had and the clout can’t be transformed into money?

The author finding Artfight and mentioning how it has no monetization further drives this point.

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