It died a long long time before this. The enshittification directly started back in the early 2000’s when one of the owners basically usurped the whole company. Which of course lead to mods quitting en masse. After that it went downhill and that downhill trend continued. Then it got bought out by the Israeli’s, and the AI art injection was them trying to prevent the site from going under.
Yeah I remember the “Art Girls” in high school (2004-08), getting royally pissed off at changes to the platform over the years. I’d say most dropped it by 2007 or 2008. I think my ex had some reason to abandon it in 2006, but I don’t even remember what they were complaining about back then.
It died a long long time before this. The enshittification directly started back in the early 2000’s when one of the owners basically usurped the whole company. Which of course lead to mods quitting en masse. After that it went downhill and that downhill trend continued. Then it got bought out by the Israeli’s, and the AI art injection was them trying to prevent the site from going under.
Nothing about the site is what it was.
Yeah I remember the “Art Girls” in high school (2004-08), getting royally pissed off at changes to the platform over the years. I’d say most dropped it by 2007 or 2008. I think my ex had some reason to abandon it in 2006, but I don’t even remember what they were complaining about back then.
As someone who was also there when that happened…It was a very sad moment. Pretty much written on the wall what was happening.