Edit again: the popular system has changed more for the better. deviations are no longer fixed on the front page until the end of the 24hour period. i am also happy that i've found many new artists with this system. i'll just leave this for those who still supports the old system ^^
this is a witty summary of this whole situation, if you dont get it/want to read it. it's halarious: [link]
[Edit] There is now a petition for a change: [link] i cross my fingers and hope that this works out somehow >.<;[/edit]
now i'm not saying there's anything wrong with the idea of "fairness exposure". however, it went off with a bad start (with the whole screenshot issue), and now i just dont like browsing anymore. i personally think that it's a great idea with all the good intentions, but it's a system easily abused and i think the old "Brows Popular" can work side-by-side with "Fair Exposure" compromise, people~!
here's my two cents: i know it must be hard work for the coders to do all that, but right now many artists who happens to submit under the same catagory as popular artists are pushed even furthur down the latter. thus the "fair exposure" is not very fair for them. in the end, popular artists will remain popular and this is just a system that makes art that are not so great be on the top through unused catagories while better and unknown artists are still stuck at the bottom.
...and i miss browsing through with raw favs (the number of favs) because everything just looked better to me....more times than now....
If you support for the old system to be back (i'm sure a compromisation could be made with this), please pass it along or something. thumb number's on the side bottom for subscribers.
used the template here: [link] by ~zilla (so disclaimer on the template)
if you dont agree..uh...please make your own stamp thanks ^^~
Edit: i'm disabling comments cause i'm gonna be away from dA for a bit...and dont wanna answer to/see a lot of them right now ._. i'm hoping that when i come back some good can come out of this >.<;~
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