This is for journals that I feel will be of benefit to both myself and others to keep archived. Ranging a variety of subjects. Everything from philosophy, metaphysics, quantum physics, linux, open source, the it industry, the music scene and deviantART related matters and more.
So feel free to browse and have fun in here. I've no intention of loading this up with crap simply because I can. Quality over quantity :)
A Previous Admin Returns! by ControversyInc, journal
A Previous Admin Returns!
Here at ControversyINC, we strive to keep our Group Administrator staff as balanced as our content. In other words: Left, Center and Right. For awhile now, there has been a void as we've only had Right and Center Admins. Well, a previous Leftist Admin has returned to the ranks! She is the only one that did NOT leave on "bad terms".
As we know in today's political insanity, attempting to create an environment where people from the Left, Right and Center actually get along with each other, can be an incredibly challenging task. Well, balance has returned to the ControversyINC force as we welcome back TheJewishMarxist (https://www.deviantart.com/thejewishmarxist), formerly known as Th
People often ask me why I write about TF stories with people turning into sex dolls and mannequins. I had many years of therapy to reflect on that very thing. It all stems from a moment in my life when I was helpless and unable to fight back as I was gagged and tied with my arms and legs spread wide. I was sexually assaulted after being knocked out and made defenseless. I blamed myself for years that I didn't fight back harder against my attacker. No one blames a doll for being used. No one blames a mannequin for not being able to fight back. I write these stories because that was how I felt. A sex toy to be used and disposed of after it was
Coming Soon: Comment Improvements by team, journal
Coming Soon: Comment Improvements
Commenting is the lifeblood of the community, and those deviant-to-deviant interactions are what set DeviantArt apart from the rest of the Internet. We want to keep the commenting experience as natural as participating in a chat with a friend, and as visually pleasing as the rest of the content on DeviantArt. When we sought to improve comments, we knew that the areas most in need of focus were threading and context. Long threads can start to get complex, so we improved the flow to remove interruptions, to remove paging every few comments. The full conversation is right there in one popup after clicking "view entire conversation." For better readability and clearer hierarchy, we’ve also added containers around each comment. Then, to tease the complex from the chaos, we added threading relationships that display on hover, linking child comments to their parents. This can be especially helpful on threads with several different conversations stemming from one topic. All the benefits
Protecting, nurturing, and looking after the community is one of our highest priorities and we’re always taking steps to ensure the community experience is a good one. That said, spam is an unfortunate part of all social networks, and ours is no exception. In the last two weeks, we’ve seen an influx of spam accounts on DeviantArt, ranging from submitting spam images as deviations to posting inappropriate comments. As quickly as we update our internal tools to prevent spammers from impacting the site, said spammers create new workarounds to circumvent our efforts. It’s an ongoing cycle that’s a tough one to solve. Our Customer Service team has worked diligently to tackle the problem and remove spam comments and deviations from the site. In the past week alone we banned nearly 3,000 accounts for spamming. If you encounter spam in comments or notes on DeviantArt, please use this link to contact Customer Service and include the relevant information regarding the spam account/post in the
Eclipse Change Log: August 14, 2019 by team, journal
Eclipse Change Log: August 14, 2019
In this week’s change log, Eclipse comes to mobile web, multi-select in Watch and Feedback gets a revamp, and a number of bug fixes and smaller improvements have been implemented. Stay tuned for more, and keep the bug reports and feature requests coming! Eclipse Now Available on Mobile Web! The mobile web version of Eclipse has launched! All Eclipse pages have been updated to scale down to your mobile phone or tablet. Improved Design of Multi-Select on Watch & Feedback We’ve made improvements to the way multi-select looks, including adding a strip to the top of your Watch and Feedback pages upon selecting an item. Updated Action Bar on Deviation Pages We’ve updated the bar directly below deviations that allows you to favorite, comment, download, etc.. After several weeks of testing this design, it’s been determined that this new look increases the amount of favorites and comments on deviations. Change Log As we mentioned last week, we are working on improvements to comments. We
Customization, Contrast, Pagination, and Comments by team, journal
Customization, Contrast, Pagination, and Comments
We are hearing you, and we are listening. And we are ready to address the absolute top concerns the community has raised about DeviantArt Eclipse: customization and HTML/CSS, dark and light theme adjustments, pagination, and comments. Customization & Sunsetting HTML/CSS We will continue to implement and support more and more customization options as DeviantArt Eclipse grows and expands. Examples include your cover images on Profiles and stage backgrounds on deviation pages. Further customization options may begin to appear in custom sections, Galleries, in the revamp of Groups, as well as in other desirable places. However, we will not continue to support HTML/CSS and free coding in Eclipse. We know that some folks will be very disappointed by this news, but we do not want to mislead you. HTML/CSS support will end soon, but many more options for customization of your experience are on the way that will be very powerful. Feel free to suggest some! Contrast Issues on Dark and Light
In this week’s change log, we've brought the Deviousness Award to Eclipse, and implemented a number of bug fixes and smaller improvements. Stay tuned for more, and keep the bug reports and feature requests coming! Deviousness Award Gets A New Look The Deviousness Award section is now available to add to your profile in Eclipse, complete with a brand new look! Check it out on our most recent winner’s profile: @squanpie. Change Log When clicking the "load more" button on comments on a deviation page, and then leaving the page and coming back, you now return to the section of comments where you left off. Fixed bug where clicking on a the "vote" button on poll thumbnails would display a loading llama but never actually load the page. When selecting a deviation to add to a comment, journal, gallery, or collection, dropdowns within the deviation picker would expand outside of browser. Stacked Group Journals now display Group's name rather than the deviant's name. After clicking on a link
Eclipse Change Log: July 17, 2019 by team, journal
Eclipse Change Log: July 17, 2019
Last week, we brought favorites search back to Eclipse. This week, we've finished implementing another vital feature: subfolders! Stay tuned for more, and keep the bug reports and feature requests coming! Subfolders for Core Members are Back! We’re excited to announce that Gallery subfolders have returned! Gallery subfolders allow you to further organize your deviations, creating more specific organization of the artwork you're sharing. Head on over to your Gallery to view the subfolders we migrated from the old site, or add new ones! Eclipse Rolled Out to Everyone on the Waitlist Last week, Eclipse finished rolling out to all deviants on the waitlist. Want access to Eclipse? Join the waitlist! Share Your Favorite Watch Recommendations A month ago we launched a new Watch Recommendations feature in Eclipse letting you discover personalized recommendations of deviants to watch. Try the feature out and share a deviant that was recommended to you! Change Log On Watch, you can now double
Eclipse Change Log: June 26, 2019 by danlev, journal
Eclipse Change Log: June 26, 2019
In this week’s change log, we've implemented muted tags, saved folders from the old site, and a number of bug fixes and smaller improvements. Stay tuned for more, and keep the bug reports and feature requests coming! Muted Tags We’re excited to announce that the ability to mute tags is now live in Eclipse. Learn more about curating the content you want to see! The Next Phase of DeviantArt Eclipse In case you missed it, here’s a glimpse into what we’re working on next with DeviantArt Eclipse: Change Log When on the old site, a new “Saved in Eclipse” notifications folder will appear. This folder lets you migrate any saved notifications to Eclipse. Adjusted contrast of the text on journals and Literature. This is the first of several theme-related color changes. When clicking the “X” on Feedback notifications, the notification is now removed immediately rather than lagging for a second. The Feedback message indicator on the top navigation now shows up to 999 notifications rather
The Next Phase of DeviantArt Eclipse by team, journal
The Next Phase of DeviantArt Eclipse
Eclipse launched to Beta Testers this past fall and has opened up to hundreds of thousands of deviants since. We continue to learn, develop, and improve the next phase of DeviantArt, and we’re looking forward to launching Eclipse to all of the community. A Glimpse at What We’re Working On In addition to the following top-priority areas in Eclipse, we regularly post Change Logs highlighting bug fixes, both big and small. Be sure to watch @team to stay updated, because we occasionally post about upcoming features still in the early stages of ideation, and we love to hear what you have to say. Here’s a glimpse into what we’re working on, but please keep in mind that our timelines for these changes are not yet finalized, and the features are subject to change: Dark and light theme adjustments: We're revisiting the contrast colors used in Eclipse's light and dark themes with an aim to improve readability. Muted tags: The ability to “mute” (or “block”) specific tags in browse and search