To all Deviant Artists

[Dragonzair]

If any of you have been updated with then news of what's going on in DA, then you'll understand hw I'm feeling.

Jark, the founder of DA, was sacked. If you support him, please read this.
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/6076036/

I believe he has done nothing wrong, and that DA, is...actually getting worse. :sad

I won't do any explanation here, as it will be too long...but...anyway, hope we can do something about it...


to the mods: If this thread is..er...not allowed, you can delete it...I'm not really sure, and I'm just to lazy to check the rules...aahh..xD

[shizuru]

so basically DA could close?

[Dragonzair]

No, i don't really think so...but many devartists are going to to be ditching DA's b day by not signing up at all..or something like that...it's getting really complicated and all...

[Hef]

I didn't bother to read that. Sorry. I usually do but I'm not in the mood right now. :scry

Could you just give us a little summary about the situation? :crying

[Meijin]

I left Jark a message saying ''JARK IS THE MAN, SUPPORT HIM.'' . I really hope things get sorted out.

[Dragonzair]

hefaistion, from what I've read, Jark *who was the founder of DA, or sumthin like that* was sacked from DA along with other admins...why? We members don't know except for the new admins...:sad

So, members decided to protest against these actions by:

not posting any artwork in DA, unless it's concerning something about Jark
not commenting on any artwork, unless it's Jark...

well...:sweatdrop, basically, we're trying to support Jark in any way possible...
And there's a petition somewhere...the only problem is..i cant find it...:sweatdrop

I'm soo sorry if I'm not that helpful, but I'll try to get as much as details as possible, and will be posting it here...

[edit]

shieet....i just logged on to DA to find out more about it, and apparently...friggin hell

about 8 admins have resigned from DA, *not counting Jark*, with messages in in their journals...i didn't know it was this big :sad

And the two founders, are among those gone.

I found the petition, sign if you support Jark.
http://bloodynightmare.net/dev/

And Lelia Katherine, provides a very much detailed journal of what is going on.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21139764/

[Hef]

hefaistion, from what I've read, Jark *who was the founder of DA, or sumthin like that* was sacked from DA along with other admins...why? We members don't know except for the new admins...:sad

So, members decided to protest against these actions by:

not posting any artwork in DA, unless it's concerning something about Jark
not commenting on any artwork, unless it's Jark...

well...:sweatdrop, basically, we're trying to support Jark in any way possible...
And there's a petition somewhere...the only problem is..i cant find it...:sweatdrop

I'm soo sorry if I'm not that helpful, but I'll try to get as much as details as possible, and will be posting it here...
That's retarded. Why would they do that? And if Jark was the founder, how can he be sacked? Oh well. :S

Oh, and how is not posting any artwork going to help the matter? It just makes it easier for the new admins.
Oh well. :S

[Meijin]

No new artwork = Not very active = Not good news for DA.

[Hef]

No new artwork = Not very active = Not good news for DA.
Yeah that's true.

But I'd say that the majority isn't going to protest, so it'll be kinda vain. Maybe I'm just too pessimistic. :sweat

Oh well, IDK. :S

[Dragonzair]

No new artwork = Not very active = Not good news for DA.


WEll, maybe you're right. but that's the point, see, an Admin's job is to keep DA going on...they'll lose their jobs if people try boycotting them...

All i wish is that this gets stopped...

spyed, is currently an admin of DA, and reports say he's a co founder, but with all the proof *which is posted in the links i put up a while back*, i believe that spyed was never a co founder...he only became an active member in 2002, while DA was born on 2000...

His DA has alot of questions about what is going on, but for probably two days, there was no replies to any of the more than 20 comments..

Another thing i found:

There was an issue brought up in a journal not so long ago, concerning what would happen if Jark was removed. This received many comments, mainly controversial ones...but to the surprise of the members, all those comments were removed one day. But thankfully, someone had screencapped the comments earlier *for what reason, :huh i don't know*

For now, all we can do is ask admins, patiently...though it's hard...*i have to admit, i loudmouthed in one comment on his page earlier :sweatdrop* But Jark doesn't want us doing that...

gah, anyway, hope you guys support him...:smile-big

ooh..i made a tiny mistake a while back, Jark and someone else were co founders of DA...or...whatev..im getting even more confused after typing all this up :faint

[MechaTC]

i'm moving this to the general area. poor guy, the whole situation sounds terrible for him :/

[abfluvver]

I read about this this morning.
Although I pretty much left DA awhile back...Jark's a cool guy.

There are more details here:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/21139764/

[Erkekjetter]

That's crazy. Why did they sack him?

[Neko]

That's retarded. Why would they do that? And if Jark was the founder, how can he be sacked? Oh well. :S

Oh, and how is not posting any artwork going to help the matter? It just makes it easier for the new admins.
Oh well. :S

Yea -tardz- Oh Well is very appropriate

[sel]

Has Jark said anything on the matter yet?

[Circe]

This situation is fail.

How can you 'sack' the founder?

[Halcyon Dreamz]

Wth, is this for real? Why would he get sacked? :omg

[inari]

What the...? Why would someone resurrect a two year old thread?

This is old news. Really old news.

[Amaretti]

I think it's safe to say the Jark issue has been resolved and is very old news. If he hasn't been reinstated by now, he probably never will be.