I was talking to a friend awhile back and he was thinking of celebrating 20 years of doing art online, and suggested I do the same. I had looked into it and I have been on DA for 21 years, more than half my life, but instead of celebrating I have been thinking of leaving DA. See the people in charge of DA doesn't care about art any more, if they ever did. I keep getting notifications about how awesome it is that these AI D-bags made thousands in just a year selling their images. The most I have ever gotten from DA in terms of acknowledgement is them telling me to go say hi to newbies cuz I have been here so long. I don't cuz as this point I feel like I would just tell them to get out now. Also have to deal with moronic bots on an almost daily basest. "I like your art, I wanna use it as inspiration, i will pay you money" my "blocked" section is exploding with these assholes. I haven't decided on if I will leave but I might at least just start not posting my art here any more. I will