I still haven't gotten any answer for a new owner, but I doubt it will matter now.

I want everyone to look at this and pay close attention to it.

Link given and all informed by my best friend and member, =MidnightCrystalSage. See what she has said: [link]

*please read the journal before continuing the read here*

DA is now bastardizing its own community. I'm actually trying to do my best not to throw Vista-chan, my laptop, around. Yes, I know I was banned, but I had enjoyed my time here a lot and was utterly thrilled to receive a subscription. I laughed, I cried, I met many talented and very nice artists here. I reconnected with friends. I had my love here. In short, I loved my part in this website we once called a community.

But I absolutely cannot abide by DA's new rules. And I refuse to make my club a part of it.

What kind of logic is it to say "if you don't want your art stolen, don't upload it on the internet"? Isn't the very purpose of this site to share art in all forms (I say that, because I am a writer and I loved sharing my poetry and fanfiction here, and I would spit blood if I found my ideas stolen)? And for the ADMINS to say this bullshit, as well as call us users "morons", then you know you're under a dictatorship.

Members.

I want a serious input NOW.

I am still willing to hand down the club to a new owner, BUT only under two conditions.

1. I obviously need to find an owner.

2. I want all of you to consider just how much DA has gone to the shitpile. dA admins are enforcing rules I cannot see happening in a community. Can you? Would you allow this mini community to abide by such rules? Under admins who don't even care about their users?

...I'm probably coming off as over dramatic on that last sentence, but the tracing and now this new rule about art theft being allowed leads me to believe they don't care about the real contributers to this website. It's not admins. It's not JUST subscribers. It's everyone who has ever drawn or written something and submitted it to this site. Those are the people who make DeviantArt an art site.

I really don't want this club to stay. But it's not only my choice. I'm highly tempted to pull the gallery off, unfave everything and post this journal as "this club is now closed", but I can't do that.

I suppose the point I'm trying to make is...does anyone want the club to stay?

The only way I can make this club stay is if members want it to and if we get a new owner.

I want...SO much...to put it on a time limit, but that would be too heartless of me.

Tell me here in this journal. If you want to become the owner, note me.

...I really can't believe this has happened. I'm off. I'll check on the club every few days, so don't worry: I will see your comments and notes, even if I don't respond.

~Star