I don't know when it started. I may have been away when it did.
I don't know who started it. That's not entirely important, though, anyway.
I certainly don't know what caused it. But it needs to be stopped.

Somehow, somewhere, deviantART has gone to shit. When I came back from my military hiatus, I found staff, damn good staff, were leaving left and right, like rats from a sinking ship. Some were fired, some 'retired,' some quit. "Fine," says I. I love this site, the community that it stands for - I'll never go willingly.
That's what I thought then.
I see rules, both written and otherwise, ignored. I see policies broken. I see names of good people in libel.

It has to stop. I want my deviantART back.

This place is a community. There's no arguing that. Like any community, certain things need to be maintained. I see policy violations like the average citizen sees a mugging. And I'm sure I can't be the only one. When you're given the run-around on a thread lock, things are bad. It's like if you called the police, and were redirected to a touch-tone menu at City Hall. The problem is occurring now, and that's when it needs to be stopped.

I've said before I'd "take these forums back," but I obviously can't. I'm only one man, I don't have the time, whatever. If I could get paid enough to maintain my basic bodily necessities by patrolling dA, I'd take the job in a heartbeat. But it can't be done.

Certainly, however, something can be done. Certainly, I'm not the only deviant who feels like they've been cheated. What happened to the sense of belonging? I used to know deviants that would argue their deviant's rights on principal. Now there's a very serious cause, and I don't see a soul.

Well, come out, all you fighters. We need something. I don't care about being a figurehead this time, I just want my dA back. I don't know what we can do, but let's make it worthwhile. Maybe the forums are the place to start, maybe not. Maybe we should all just start noting admins until action of some kind is taken. Maybe we can talk some of the veterans out of 'retirement.' Whatever we do, things need to change. The direction we're going in is not one that seems too bright.

Whatever we need, we need it soon. I can only hope I'm not the only one left who still cares.

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People who have sent me addresses, and that I have to visit:
=Suki-
*eskirinabsolute, et al.