The journal will be long but valuable for artists (or even photographers) who struggle/are not satisfied with the current DA algorithms. Here I'm gonna put all the possible alternatives to DA and describe my own experience of using them. Leggooo 👀 DeviantArt 😪 Let's begin with DA and the overall situation with the platform. I've been using it for 4 years already being quiet here just posting art and submitting it to a hella bunch of groups. Spoiler: if u don't have a well - known famous name or your drawings/artworks ain't professional or they don't relate to some popular topic (fanart/tutorials etc) - u won't get much attention or it's gonna be insignificant. There are some articles I found on the internet about what has happened to DA, what's the number of active users currenty and the overall popularity of the webplatform. ⤵️ Officially, DA claims that "We have over 61 million registered members and attract over 45 million unique visitors per month" - the statement is quite