I wasn't sure where to post this but I'm seriously considering leaving Deviantart. I hate to say it because I've been a member there since 2008, but they just keep making more and more crappy changes. Today I logged in and found a watch notification in my inbox from a user who is not on my watch list. After doing some digging, I found that these are "promoted deviations", meaning that they force their way into your inbox whether you watch them or not and the only way to opt out is to get a premium membership. To me, that's just says "pay up or we'll spam your inbox".
If they're not on my watch list, their art has no business showing up in my inbox, period! I don't wish to be a member of a community that basically flips their users the middle finger and spams them with unwanted crap. And don't even get me started on that crap where you get automatically redirected to the "watch" page upon logging in whether you want to be redirected or not.
I've had other issues as well, such as staff members who refuse to deal with a block evader who was harassing me with several sock puppet accounts.
So, I guess the question is, are there any decent alternatives to Deviantart out there?
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Update: I added the "Promoted" group to my block list so I'll see if that stops the spam in my inbox.
Also, I found a work around for the redirect to the watch page crap by bookmarking the "browse" tab.
