To the DeviantArt Administration,
I want to give my highest compliments for how absolutely terrible your team is at doing its job. Seriously — you're absolute masters at ignoring real reports and only springing into action when a frustrated user dares to post an angry comment. Then suddenly, as if by magic, you wake up and rush to punish — not the rulebreaker, but the person who dared to point out the problem.
I’ve reported a user multiple times for spreading pornographic content. This person clearly violates both the site rules and basic standards of decency. And what did you do? NOTHING. No warning, no ban, no action at all. But the moment I left a harsh comment calling out this behavior, you miraculously found time and energy to react — and immediately blocked me.
Your priorities are disgraceful. You’re not protecting the community — you're protecting the offenders. You’ve become moderators of silence, not moderators of content. As long as people suffer quietly, you don’t care. The moment someone speaks up — you punish them instead of fixing the actual problem.
I paid upfront for the annual PRO+ plan in April — and since then, THEY TOOK AWAY ALL MY PREMIUM TOOLS. No explanation. No support. NOTHING.
I’ve been blocked from posting artworks for sale since April, even though I have a fully paid PRO+ subscription. Every week I receive dozens of phishing and scam messages in my inbox. I reported them. I even cursed one of the scammers — and now I can’t even leave comments anymore!
I’ve contacted support multiple times, begged for a refund, and they NEVER replied.
They took my money and disabled all the features I paid for.
This is outright theft and fraud.
DeviantArt is not a professional platform anymore — it’s a scam-infested joke, run by bots and completely abandoned by any real support.
DO NOT GIVE THEM A SINGLE CENT.
From the unmoderated AI and NSFW content to actual CSAM, the website is simply not worth using (ESPECIALLY if you're a minor)
It used to be an beacon of internet culture but now it's a slum.
STAY AWAY
Full of scams, and the team does nothing about that. It seems they are completely ok, some trash people are trying to steal data from their users. Awful. Also, full of bugs in the UI.. At all, I don't recommend this place. Every day, I receive up to 15 scam messages. Anywhere else I don't receive such quality of shits like this place.
Originally, DeviantArt was a platform for sharing fan art, personal creations, and artistic passions.
But today, it has become a full-blown 18+ network, flooded with v*re, infl*tion, foot fetishes, and countless other similar types of content.
(And if you don’t know what those are… don’t look them up. You’ve been warned.)
The problem isn’t that some people enjoy this kind of content.
The problem is that it’s accessible to everyone, including minors.
There are no proper 18+ filters, no serious warning messages, and no reliable age verification.
Worse still, some artists are banned without explanation for vague reasons, while others upload entire galleries of highly sexualised fetish content without any moderation whatsoever.
And yet, DeviantArt was never meant to be like this.
It’s not Rule34 or a specialised NSFW platform.
It’s supposed to be a public art website.
To fix these issues, the following steps should be taken:
✅ Implement a mandatory 18+ filter for visual fetish content
✅ Clearly distinguish between mature art and explicitly fetishistic material
✅ Protect young users with proper, reliable age verification
✅ Offer artists a moderated, ethical, and coherent space to share their work
Until these changes are made, DeviantArt will continue to be seen by many not as a showcase for art, but as a site known for its troubling and unchecked excesses.
If you got suspend you dont even know how you submit a ticket and if you send mail its more bot people who talk to you. Just 1 answer and its more do it yourself we wont help you. They even just take off your art nothing inappropriate even of a child hugs lara croft. Deviantart should taken down until its gets better.
who the hell puts a rule in place were you can only block a certain amount of people the site is disgusting i have been reporting accounts of people uploading pics of kids and of animals having sex with humjans the site has done nothing to take it down its all the site is full of on top of that cant even block them as the site restricts blocks its rediculess and the site should be taken downb for all the disgusting and ilgegal stuff on there
I have loved DeviantArt for the last 20 years. Yesterday they temporarily suspended my account, and then told me I had 1 week to fix the problem. I jumped on it and worked hard to clean up any issues with 3 hours, and then emailed them back asking if I had done it correctly. Instead of being helpful, 1 hour later they terminated my account, for content that I had already deleted. I have thousands of hours of work on their site and thousands of dollars in Art purchases. This was wiped, and in fact, the art is still selling on their site. This is essentially art theft, the thing they are trying to avoid. The service was absolutely horrendous, and I will be starting a new website to replace the hole in my heart DeviantArt has left. Please read the Trustpilot reviews for DA before joining. Hundreds of 1 star reviews attributed to them not helping their artists & being greedy.
I have purchased thousands of dollars in Art on the DeviantArt website. And then they Deactivated my account, and are still selling it!. Is this not highly illegal. Where is Purchase Protection for your Artists and Customers? At least PayPal has it, I will be logging approx 350 PayPal Disputes for this.
DA has also just implemented a new AI moderator called "DevArt" which seems to be rapidly terminating artists for a wide range of reasons. 5 of the top 10 artists that I followed, along with myself have all been booted in the last month.
The site is disgusting I came across a profile on the site of dogs having sex with humans i reported the account and all the photos the site has done nothing to removew it its ilegal to show stuff like that but the site docent remove illegal stuff i would honestly stay away from the site as its full of illegal and disgusting things the site should be taken down
i have the link to the account so pointless trying to say its not true you know like trust piolet do
I've used this Site back to 2022. Since I started, I was about to Focus out of my Ocs, when I encounter with someone/Anyone instead.
Well, I can't stand to use DA a long Time (when I was going to last from using the site in 10 years), because everyone is turning bad, and Yes… no one is actually good.
What is happening in this site, Horrible things are happening.
When I stared in late July 2022, I posted out of my favorite Cartoons. When I turned 18, I was about to lose interest about my favorite shows. I made Fanarts and posts out of cartoon characters, crossover shipping, etc. When what happened, I had a conversation with someone, instead of focusing on making just Fanarts. When I made a post of RK101 until I found out she was pedo____e, then I made crossover shippings since I already stopped because of pedo_____a, etc. I actually had the worst time was started when I encounter/Meet someone as MeliMilkyArts, Antoine, Candela, Etc. When I made hate posts out of My least favorite shows as TTG, etc., until I deleted them, one user stole my art, I heard when Mark was exposed for incest, and others users keep getting exposed, I confronted CoDXros3. I was being friends with called Ke949 when she used adult body as minor (since I lost interest with her due to her immature behavior). My Friends confronted a Degenerate User Called Fabo who actually Looks Bad due to his Malicious Behavior. I had a Toxic Relationship Called Teloach (I just was being jealousy and combative with him), I confronted Ced since she was pedo, MarianRogue Left in DA, and I found a Terrible user who bullied me. I started getting worse because I can't take it anymore because the drama doesn't stop. A creepy woman Called MariesChannel02 made me to quit to DA when I was about to leave in DA permanently. When I returned in early 2025, then I was about to be better person because I keep worried to my friends. One strange user added me in Sprunki post when I was mad, since I can't stand with DA, when I made the callout of Teloach, and then I deleted it, Due to the fact, everyone is turning Bad (Including Rant Users and except me). I'm sick of chaos what happening, I had my Joyless, I Deactivated my account for good reasons, then I moved to my second account when I focused to my responsibility. People don't understand my response post, like idiots, since already I no longer had obsession with Ke949 Anymore.
When I Deleted my DA account afterward, I was being calling out someone for wrong reasons, not only this. I also was being a Fake artist when I can't add structural drawings, because any of my arts are being nonsense that it don't work
Despite in the fact, DeviantArt is ruining forever, is really don't control own behaviors, any currently degenerate users are refuse to quit in DA. Enough toxicity, Many Toxic fans and Haters, DeviantArt is supporting Israel, Many Fake artists, Making AI generated, NTFs and stealing arts, Fill-in-Memes, many immature people, being owned by Wix, fetish arts, Sexualization, Harassment. DA staff are Careless, selfishness, Supporting the badness and no goodness, Any Rant and Respectful users (excluding me) are turning bad and/or likes the badness when they don't have enough goodness. Any immature people who had lack of respectful, Allowing Underage Criminals and Predators, Aggressive actions, Unstoppable behaviors, scamming, etc.
I'm actually being a normal person, despite the motivations for my actions (I had trouble with my behavior), that I don't have malicious in nature, I just want to be Nice, help minors and someone who actually looks good, etc. Due to the fact someone or My friends are being malicious, because Nice, Respectful, and Rant Users are turning Evil. When I realized If search in google or Brave about Bad friends, I didn't believe someone or My friends really looks bad. I realized if someone posts or don't post about their behaviors, they really looks bad.
The truth, No one shouldn't trust This site despite DeviantArt is no longer a good site, it should shut down due to horrible anything are still happening. None of the CEO or contributors didn't believe DeviantArt's drama is happening, Because DeviantArt cannot be trusted.
I strongly guest, Never Trust DeviantArt that no one is actually Good. Make sure, Stay Sway from this Evil-ish Site (If all social media is not safe for you, whatever value your Reputation)
DeviantArt helps fraudsters achieve their revenges.
In other words, what they can't take, they destroy, and the deviantArt team is complicit in it.
All accounts with significant visibility are subject to potential fraud attempts through NFTs, fake digital checks, or others.
I was first a witness before becoming a direct victim of these dangerous individuals operating freely on the platform.
Now what they couldn't obtain, they tried to set on fire to cause as much damage as possible before leaving.
Since the fraud attempt did not lead to anything positive, hundreds of abusive complaints ended up on DeviantArt's rectangular desk in the hope that the account could be permanently closed afterward.
Following this orchestrated and premeditated act of revenge with the help of the DeviantArt moderation team, I lost several non-illegal works that will never be recovered.
Today, there are dangerous criminals on the DeviantArt platform and unfortunately, instead of being able to count on the management to hunt them down, they help them carry out their revenge when they can't catch their victim in their net.
It's a dangerous place that should be under constant surveillance from an external government institution.
Deviant Art's guidelines are vague in the extreme. It's very difficult to determine whether or not a picture falls outside the rules. Further, Deviant Art uses an AI algorithm to judge your pictures. If the AI deems the bad, you are permanently banned from the site, without even knowing what it was about your picture that tripped the AI. So, even if the AI was in error, it is "all decisions are final." I have found several pieces of art on DeviantArt similar to the one that got me banned. I cannot see any difference. Further, they take hostage any and all artwork you had on the site and delete it, without providing a chance to download it back. Yes, I had back up images, but it would have been beneficial to retrieve the descriptions, etc. They don't offer refunds for CORE in this case, either.
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