DeviantART V6 is here.
With a new deviated look.
Saturday, July 12, 2008 by Snowman | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Our friends over at dA have busted their behinds to make yet another version of their great site.
Countless hours/days/weeks/months have gone into makeing the site even more convenient to use, and I know alot of us do check the site more or less every day.
I know, I do. 
Listing all the changes would be pure madness and probably fill most of the frontpage, so you'll just have to go see for yourselves 
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vStyler
Reply #42 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:45 AM
Fullfrontalational is more like it over there.
Maxstyles is an art site.. we dont pose naked for the world to be exposed to on it though.
You can't expect every underage person to be as wiley and knowledgable as us...just doesn't stand to reason.
That was my point... it is inexcusable as far as I am concerned. There is no logical excuse.
Reply #42 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:45 AM
confrontational
Fullfrontalational is more like it over there.
Warning up-front that it's an ART site 'should be enough'
Maxstyles is an art site.. we dont pose naked for the world to be exposed to on it though.
You can't expect every underage person to be as wiley and knowledgable as us...just doesn't stand to reason.
That was my point... it is inexcusable as far as I am concerned. There is no logical excuse.
horizon
Reply #43 Monday, July 14, 2008 7:08 AM
Reply #43 Monday, July 14, 2008 7:08 AM
unless you are logged in, images flagged as adult content won't appear, and even if you are logged in you need to have a certain check box marked.
that takes care of DD's and "popular", but not "newest"
i'd imagine most people's problems with nudity on dA comes from when the author doesn't check the box for "adult content" and it shows up in the "newest" channel, but there's surely a lot of viewers that say "hells yeah lets see that nudity, i don't want my dA censored", but there's no one to remind them "be careful what you wish for". lol
as far as kids go though, there are parental controls. yet sure, the kid can make their own account to bypass the security, but they can also click on that domain bar and go to a site that's really "neat". you can't save people from themselves, and dA does have standards by which they allow nudity. they are more concerned with "is it sexual", "is it pornographic" rather than is it just "graphic".
you'll still have crotch shot terrorists looking for thrills by shock factor come by time to time, but that could happen here just the same if one of our journeymen felt so inclined to give us a farewell to remember, or someone went on our forums and made a thread called "hey look at this, it's funny". though correct me if i'm wrong, while it might be rare as hell, there is nudity on wincustomize as well is there not?
nothing will ever be perfect or make everyone happy, but considering dA has no intention of telling people "your art isn't good enough" and since they believe "art needs no working value, practicality, or quality standards set by individuals in order to enjoy or appreciate it", and that dA is truly an art for art's sake community, it's quite different than maxstyles, wincustomize, or any other applied arts.
you can call anything art, but the sole definition of art, the only thing necessary for anything to be art is merely in its creator's "intention". whether people see their dentists as being artists, or see nudity as not being artistic is entirely beyond the point.
a toilet can be a piece of art, but that doesn't make all other toilets in the world art as well, and that is the point. it's not the subject matter, or the appeal others find in something that validates it.
personally i have no care to see dA carefully scrutinized each submission piece by piece, or exercise fig leaf protocol, and thankfully neither do they.
that takes care of DD's and "popular", but not "newest"
i'd imagine most people's problems with nudity on dA comes from when the author doesn't check the box for "adult content" and it shows up in the "newest" channel, but there's surely a lot of viewers that say "hells yeah lets see that nudity, i don't want my dA censored", but there's no one to remind them "be careful what you wish for". lol
as far as kids go though, there are parental controls. yet sure, the kid can make their own account to bypass the security, but they can also click on that domain bar and go to a site that's really "neat". you can't save people from themselves, and dA does have standards by which they allow nudity. they are more concerned with "is it sexual", "is it pornographic" rather than is it just "graphic".
you'll still have crotch shot terrorists looking for thrills by shock factor come by time to time, but that could happen here just the same if one of our journeymen felt so inclined to give us a farewell to remember, or someone went on our forums and made a thread called "hey look at this, it's funny". though correct me if i'm wrong, while it might be rare as hell, there is nudity on wincustomize as well is there not?
nothing will ever be perfect or make everyone happy, but considering dA has no intention of telling people "your art isn't good enough" and since they believe "art needs no working value, practicality, or quality standards set by individuals in order to enjoy or appreciate it", and that dA is truly an art for art's sake community, it's quite different than maxstyles, wincustomize, or any other applied arts.
you can call anything art, but the sole definition of art, the only thing necessary for anything to be art is merely in its creator's "intention". whether people see their dentists as being artists, or see nudity as not being artistic is entirely beyond the point.
a toilet can be a piece of art, but that doesn't make all other toilets in the world art as well, and that is the point. it's not the subject matter, or the appeal others find in something that validates it.
personally i have no care to see dA carefully scrutinized each submission piece by piece, or exercise fig leaf protocol, and thankfully neither do they.
Jafo
Reply #44 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:53 AM
Reply #44 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:53 AM
horizon got it in 'one'.
But...
We digress.
The debate re art and censorship is probably better as a thread on its own. This one is about the features/functions of DA v6 ....
vStyler
Reply #45 Monday, July 14, 2008 9:00 AM
Reply #45 Monday, July 14, 2008 9:00 AM
While that is a good post with pertinent points horizon, I don't feel swayed.
Phoon
Reply #46 Monday, July 14, 2008 10:27 AM
Reply #46 Monday, July 14, 2008 10:27 AM
a toilet can be a piece of art,
Let me tell you about the chilii I had.....
horizon
Reply #47 Monday, July 14, 2008 11:21 AM
Reply #47 Monday, July 14, 2008 11:21 AM
Let me tell you about the chilii I had.....
case in point was a urinal~
NightTrainthedark
Reply #48 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:19 PM
I stumbled upon goatsee at DA. It's not art of any kind and is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. If you don't know what goatsee is, you are better off.
I would question the age of some of the models as well. Naked children is kiddy porn no matter how you justify it. Simply browsing DA could be enough to get your PC raided by the feds.
Reply #48 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:19 PM
Anyone with a history of Fine Art education, etc. should not have a problem with nudity.....
I stumbled upon goatsee at DA. It's not art of any kind and is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. If you don't know what goatsee is, you are better off.
I would question the age of some of the models as well. Naked children is kiddy porn no matter how you justify it. Simply browsing DA could be enough to get your PC raided by the feds.
Phoon
Reply #49 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:54 PM
Ugh.. sometimes, google is not your friend..
Thank goodness I haven't seen any cleveland steamer pictures there at least.
Vintage choo-choo's just annoy the hell out of me.
Reply #49 Monday, July 14, 2008 2:54 PM
If you don't know what goatsee is, you are better off.
Ugh.. sometimes, google is not your friend..
Thank goodness I haven't seen any cleveland steamer pictures there at least.
Vintage choo-choo's just annoy the hell out of me.
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Reply #41 Monday, July 14, 2008 1:41 AM
Bebi.....'tasteful' [or not] is an opinion.
Artistic expression is often more 'confrontational' than 'cute'. It's the nature of the beast....
Warning up-front that it's an ART site 'should be enough'....