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The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet -- Multi-hyphenate
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this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2026
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Capitalism and the greater opportunity to live off your art are definitely one of the biggest death causes of most community oriented sites. The moment money enters the equation, fun gets kicked off. Why show off your art around if there's no profit to be had and the clout can't be transformed into money?
The author finding Artfight and mentioning how it has no monetization further drives this point.
99% of art is made without the intention of selling it. I think it is bizarre that capitalists are so desperate to make art = money when that was never the point to begin with for the majority of it. It is just another perversion from our greedy culture.
That’s why they want to replace the artist with AI.
Oh sure, they have used commercial artist's work without compensation so many times. It is clear they never wanted to pay for it to begin with.