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Journal Entry: Fri May 10, 2013, 8:16 AM

Seems there is some controversy surrounding the recent #hq blog post regarding the new 5,000 user +watch limit.

First off, for clarifications sake, Yes, this limit also includes groups you are watching. Secondly, you may only be able to +watch 5,000 deviants, but you can in turn be +watched by as many deviants as there are on the site. Thirdly, there are really only a handful of deviants (out of hundreds of millions) that watch more than 5,000 deviants. It's more than likely this change won't even affect you.

That said… let's do a bit of math. I know, I know… "grumble, grumble, math sucks". But trust me, it puts this into perspective a bit.

Let's go with the edge case and say that you happen to be watching 5,000 deviants. Let's also say that these deviants post 1 - 2 messages to your message centre a day for a week. That's fairly generous, right? I mean there are some groups that I watch that post about 50+ deviations alone per day. So I'll spread that figure across for all users and just say an average of 2 messages in total, including deviations, watches, comments, favs, journals, etc.

2messages a day

7days

14messages a week

Which means…

14messages a week

5kdeviants

70kmessages a week

Can you imagine having to check Seventy Thousand messages a week? I'm sorry, but unless checking your message centre is a full time, paying job it's just not possible. There is no way you can possible view, let alone respond, to that many messages in a given week. And that's just for messages you receive notifications on. This doesn't even count towards things like birthday notices.

Regardless of this point, you have to believe that we're doing this for your benefit. This limit reduces message centre bugs and puts in place a new framework for our developers to work off of in order to provide new features to these areas. You want new message centre upgrades? You want your friends list to display correctly and in a way that is beneficial to actually managing it? You want less bugs over all? I obviously can't go into much detail about future features but please know that this limitation span more than just what meets the eye. Updates and fixes are coming.

I've been on deviantART coming on 10 years and I watch less than 1,000 deviants/groups. Quite a number of which are now inactive, deactivated, or banned. I know this isn't how it is for all deviants, but seriously , it is worth it to watch thousands of deviants when you only end up mass clearing your message centre? Isn't the point of our community to nurture and tend to each other in the hopes of becoming better artists ourselves? How can we possible do that if we don't even bother or don't have the time to pay attention to our watched content?

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Chris Carey ✖
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Hiyo! My name is Ikue (eye•coo), well my given name is Chris, but feel free to call me just about anything you wish (; Depending on what it is I may just answer you. ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°

I have been on deviantART since 2003, and let me just say I Love This Place! A little over 3 years ago I took the plunge into Community Relations and became the Moderator for the Vector Gallery. But in early 2010 I joined the ranks of the administrative $taff as a Customer Service Rep. It's great to finally give back to a community that has given me so much. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about deviantART I'll be happy to assist you in anyway I can.

I've been working in the art field as a freelance graphic designer in the Bahamas for about 8 years. And discovered Vector work about a year into it. Since then I find any excuse to work with this medium. I love the way it pushes me to find a different route to create something that would normally be easily created in raster. - I'm gonna cut myself short there, cause' I tend to get a little too passionate about my vectors. Just know you can come to me for anything... Beware though, I may talk your ear off. I'm also a glorified Mac-Junkie, so if you know what's good for you ... steer clear o.O

If you're looking to talk to me live, feel free to check any of my usual chat haunts: #Vectorgasm, #help or #GeniusBar and if you ever need help on dAmn make sure and hook up with `shuttermonkey He'll take good care of you! ;b

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^Ikue has been a devious member of our community for almost 7 years and in this time he has proven to be nothing short of dedicated and devoted. Whilst volunteering his time over the last 22 months as a Gallery Moderator within the Community Relations Team, Chris has brought the Vector gallery and many vector artists directly into the spotlight. ^Ikue's commitment to the community is evident in everything he touches and you can always find him reaching out to others with an encouraging word. Chris is a natural leader with a vibrant and empathic personality, and is a role model for deviants everywhere. It's even rumoured that his blood is really deviantART green! For all this and more we recognize ^Ikue with the final Deviousness Award of 2009. Congratulations!

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