/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4887618
I have a small memory about that logout issue..wasn't that around the time Tumblr was bought out by Yahoo and Verizon?
In case anons here don't remember, lots of artists on the site suddenly got logged out of their accounts after some kind of hack around that time of the purchase, and Tumblr refused to let a lot of them back in, despite the flood of emails and complaints demanding them to do so.
It definitely had a significant impact on the art scene as well, and its interesting that the people who were mainly affected were people who came from dA. Might be because those accounts were registered so far back that made them a bigger target.
I think I remember it only happened to those who had some kind of level of popularity that had those issues. I was unaffected at least, although, there was definitely a shift in the vibe in the place around the site during then (maybe even the whole internet as well) but a lot of people I used to follow over the years just up and left, seeing how infected the place was becoming. The motto of it being a blogposting site for dedicated arts and hobbyists got overshadowed pretty quickly. Definitely felt an air of paranoia that wasn't even around the place a few years earlier.

Its upsetting just reflecting on the memories, when that period before was probably the happiest me and my artistic friends had ever been. And not just teenagers either, but lots of really kind and mature, sensible adults as well.
I wonder how they're all doing now..

But yeah..The energy of that period has all but evaporated now. Not only is it scary seeing how much things can change in a short period of time, but it also hurts just knowing how good a lot of us had it, and how quickly it was taken from me.

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