You know I'm still thinking about deviantART's infamous switch from its classic layout to the 'Eclipse' mode (aka their cheap attempt at becoming ArtStation 2) and how much it fucked up the website.
Literally the only reason I was still active there at the time was thanks to the website's very active ARPG scene, and with the switch all the systems that made them work smoothly got ruined - pushing some ARPG groups to move to wobbly websites trying to offer what was lost, some groups to try and do with the new dA layout with difficulty, and causing the demise of many more.
I don't know how the website is these days and if it managed to regain a little of its balance from ere but damn. They sure shot themselves in the foot back then. And shot their users also.
What's with websites trying to be other websites and losing themselves in the process over and over again
