Hi All,
I have been checking out the discussion forums on Deviant Art
I posted some questions to the forum initiating a discussion in the forum reply format. While the forum looks and acts like any forum I have joined,
the responses I got were a little different than I have experienced in the past. I got quiet a few responses that were well thought out and non reactionary.
In the first five minutes I got twelve replies. The longer my post was up the more replies to my initial post. The level of Internet fluency seems to be fairly high among the Deviant Art members. None of the replies were just a quick reactionary response. All of them had taken the time to add their own stuff that gave me a glimpse of their style. The culture here is welcoming and the discussions I engaged in were worthwhile, relevant, and timely.
I find it curious that artists are thought of as individuals that are on the fringe, or are filled with all sorts of incredible liberal ideals that are destructive to mainstream society. When ccomparing this forum to other forums at social networking sites, I find the opposite to be the case.
The culture here seems to take netiquette very seriously. I was reading other blogs comments and communications and I found that the conversations, whether they were about nothing or something fairly important, the respect of individual feelings and ideas was something almost everyone had in mind when they replied to a communication.
I also found a piece of art that I liked, so I contacted the artist directly.
The artist responded to me with the same welcoming culture I had experienced previously in the forum discussions.
Below is an example of a still life photograph:
I know its just a picture of cookies but the lighting and composition are remarkable. I love how the objects in the background are not in focus.
Maybe I am just hungry!
Vikki
I couldn't agree more when you talk about how the "Deviants" (their term for Members) are very nice ... I even had an experience where I wanted to know if they were creating more pictures that i could see. They were very kind and even made me a picture with greater detail in the following week.
ReplyDeleteSo i would definitely say the Deviants are nice people from my experience anyway.
It sounds like you have a positive forum area in Deviants. Its great that everyone is taking the time to write thought out replies to your posts. Deviant sound like a very interesting site, and I will have to go check it out. By the way the picture of cookies...yum.
ReplyDeleteI've been on Deviant in the past and I also noticed that the community is extremely nice. I also enjoyed the humor at the end of your post!
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