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DeviantART is run by a bunch of hypocrites that ban people for supporting /b/ and Anonymous activity even though countless dA staff have joined in on Anonymous jokes and activities themselves. If you support my views, you have every right to spread the word! Link to this journal if you want. I do not mind.

Long version:

I'm sick to my stomach. Really, I'm truly disappointed in deviantART and its staff. I'm sure you are all very well-aware of deviantART's extremely brilliant April Fool's scheme of replacing everyone's avatars with a popular /b/ meme: So I herd you liek Mudkips?? Seriously, guys, you really know originality. I mean, I haven't seen similar things done over and over and over and over and over again. But I'll drop the sarcasm for a bit.

I would explain what a "/b/ meme" is, but I'm sure you all already know. (If you really don't know, ask and I'll explain.) In the past, deviantART has banned members of this community for "promoting /b/ activities." However, this was not limited to Anonymous' popular raids. I understand a ban on raid activities; however, there were some cases I simply can not tolerate due to their extreme hypocrisy.

From what I've gathered, !Pr0stSh0cKeR, who has contributed to this website with his artistic talent and even going so far as to buy deviantART merchandise for the past 5 years, was banned quite a few months ago for "promoting /b/ activities" in a journal of his. PLEASE NOTE: A few days before !Pr0stSh0cKeR's ban, $realitysquared, a deviantART moderator, made a journal concerning the "calling out policy." You can read it yourself here:

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In short, the journal discusses how the staff was done dealing with deviants calling out, saying names, etc. to other deviants in their journals. The only time these journals would be looked into would be if the journals specifically instructed others to attack other members of the site, in short, a raid.

In his journal, !Pr0stSh0cKeR documented his events at a convention known as Anthrocon (anthrocon.org) last year. He joined two youths clad in Anonymous garb (a faux-afro and tuxedo suit) in a faux-protest against a certain internet subculture known as "furry." Here, you can look for yourself:

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This protest/raid was completely done in real life, on an actual street corner. In actuality, it was no different than an actual protest (despite the fact that it was conducted as a large joke). And with all the protest art I've seen on deviantART, I'm sure dA supports people protesting and standing up for their beliefs. However, !Pr0stSh0cKeR was banned since this journal mentioned Anonymous. Nowhere in that journal did he instruct others to go raid furry pages. Actually, !Pr0stSh0cKeR himself has contributed a lot to the furry community, which I could prove to you were his gallery still available for viewing. He mentions Anonymous and perpetuates some of the popular /b/ jokes some of which were brought upon by comments made by fellow deviants, not !Pr0stSh0cKeR himself. So, in short, the mentioning of this Anonymous stuff got him banned despite the fact that:

1.) There was no mention to start a raid, which is a bannable offense
2.) the calling out policy was in effect, and in that journal, furries were being called out
3.) the protest/raid (whichever you feel is appropriate) was conducted entirely offline. The journal documented it.

But I log on to deviantART today to find that the entire site had one of these /b/ inside jokes plastered on every user's page:



These are the very same sort of inside jokes that they banned !Pr0stSh0cKeR for. How come the dA staff isn't banned? And since I believe the "calling out policy" is still in effect, $realitysquared, who is the head of the banning department has another /b/ joke on his page, the very popular "lolcats":



So why isn't he banned for perpetuating /b/ jokes? Actually, I'm sure the whole lot of you reading this have seen /b/ jokes on a majority of users' pages. Why didn't they get banned for promoting /b/ activity? Actually, I've seen users promote online raids, but they aren't banned. However, I won't name those names.

Also, arguably the most known of all Anonymous "raids" were the two protests on the Church of Scientology. Many people, most of whom I believe related to /b/ in some way, protested in front of Churches of Scientology around the world against that supposed religion. These were real-life protests that happened on actual street corners. Also, the origins of these Scientology protests were actual raids on Scientology websites and phone lines. So, aside from the reason behind the protest, it is not at all different than the two youths clad in Anonymous gear protesting at Anthrocon. dA doesn't support the Anthrocon protest, but it allows all the Church of Scientology activity which was labeled as Anonymous. That is contradictory. Anonymous is plastered all over tons of deviations, and it's a-okay to keep up on deviantART. Why is that? I was under the impression that promoting /b/ activities was frowned upon. So why can hundred of people, including dA staff members, promote it?

I'm using !Pr0stSh0cKeR's case in this journal since I know most about it, but I'm sure if you ask around you will find a lot of unjust bannings on this site.

Side note: !Pr0stSh0cKeR had a ban revoked prior to this current one, but that shouldn't be a reason to change the rules for on a separate ban. I have been banned once prior for allowing a banned deviant on my account. dA staff, I have not allowed anyone on my account since then. You can check my IP activity if you don't believe me. This journal is a state of opinion, and with the calling out policy in effect, I hope you listen.

Thank you for reading. Feel free to spread the word if you support these ideas. Everyone has the right to know how the staff functions. I still have hope for dA, but I think this breach of rules is a bit sickening. This is my opinion, which I believe I have the right to voice. If you disagree, you have just as much right to comment with your opinion. If any of this is against dA policy, tell me and I'll delete said content. I believe the rules are you're given a warning about journals that go against policy, and then you're given the choice to delete it.

Update: It was recently brought to my attention that the April Fool's deviousness award was given to the, not surprisingly, *Mudkips account. This page has semi child porn all over it. That's just wrong and gross. It seems the most risque images were removed, but that doesn't change the fact that there was a complete lack of thought when awarding that account. This cached image is proof that there was rather gross suggestive material: [link]

Until next time...
Blitz, out!


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