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Rodger J. Aiken  

  • Status: deviantART Subscriber
  • One who left DA and came back!
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  • Deviant since Aug 3, 2005, 3:27 AM
  • 26 Deviations
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  • 27 Deviant Comments
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  • 18 Forum Posts
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The Policy of Truth

Journal Entry: Thu Aug 4, 2005, 5:39 AM
Three years ago, when I was in my freshmen year of high school, I stumbled across an on-line artist community that promised me honesty, support, free expression, and community. In the three years both the community and deviantART itself have changed.

When I first heard about the termination of °jark I was outraged. The very inventor of deviantART had been usurped by a should-be subordinate. This was the straw that broke the camels back.

deviantART has been going down a steep incline for the past two years. I have seen the personal biases of administrators dictate what is and "isn't" art; I have seen voices of reason, and words of concern *msteriously* deleted; I have seen advertisements appear in full force on every part of the site; and now I have seen the last of the promises that were made to me all those years ago broken: honesty.

°jark was removed from his position seemingly because he dared get in $spyed's way. $spyed has not provided any proof, or anectdotal evidence to say otherwise. Every reaction he has made to this event is that much more convincing that he is in error, and that new agenda of deviantART is his agenda.

I don't want blood. I want the truth. I want to know what happened. I want to know why. I want ANSWERS! The deviantART community wants ANSWERS! We don't need canned sugar-coded phrases assuring us that the future is bright. We need the truth.

The community is torn. Free expression on deviantART has become a joke. The staff is more often in conflict than support of the deviants; and now honesty is going to become meaningless too?

Aside from the °jark/$spyed conflict, there are other major problems with deviantART, Inc. The staff's relations with the deviants are more often than not uncarring and somewhat detached. Great works of art are being deleted, and users banned, because the administrators personal opinions clash with the deviation's content (for example: nudity of males as opposed to females). Censorship in a community claiming to promote free expression is also very common. Entire threads are deleted and forum topics are locked, again because or personal issues with the staff.

I came here, seeing deviantART as a virtual eden, only to see this season long harsh winters destroy my garden. Unless deviantART, Inc. seriously re-examines itself, the future of deviantART is anything but bright.

deviantARTist for 3 years now:

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 17
  • Current Residence: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Favourite movie: Requiem for a Dream
  • Favourite genre of music: Techno/Trance/Electronica
  • Favourite poet or writer: George Orwell
  • Favourite photographer: Shane Lochery
  • Operating System: Fedora Core 4, Slackware, Gentoo
  • Favourite game: Star Ocean III: 'Til the End of Time
  • Favourite gaming platform: Playstation 2
  • Personal Quote: Every person is a novel, and I, the librarian.
  • Tools of the Trade: Adobe Photoshop, GIMP

deviantART Notice

Devious Comments

~babyshotmedown:iconbabyshotmedown: Sep 17, 2006, 7:56:57 PM
hey
i think i know you
~Aikara:iconAikara: Jan 18, 2006, 3:23:23 PM
I am sorry for being late!
I <3 your gallary too!
^_^
~soFly:iconsoFly: Dec 27, 2005, 7:46:38 PM
hey you're that dude from myspace
oi thanks for the :+fav:

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"copywritten so, dont copy me"
-missy elliott
:toast:
~dark-dasha:icondark-dasha: Dec 24, 2005, 11:24:07 PM
thanks for the add, creepy rodger man who never met me o_o;

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ill give you anything, everything if you want things...

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~XxPunkgothluvxX:iconXxPunkgothluvxX: Nov 14, 2005, 4:55:49 PM
Hey. Nice gallery. Maybe you could check out mine sometime. How are you doing?

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*TrevorMachine:iconTrevorMachine: Oct 22, 2005, 2:51:59 PM
Thanks for the Friend add! Glad you like my stuff. :hug:
- trev

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Trevor Machine
My gallery - [link]
My rocker boy zine - Floppy Magazine - [link]
~locked-away:iconlocked-away: Oct 14, 2005, 6:23:59 AM
the who left, and came back, and left, and came back, and left XD i can keep going another 3 or 4 times, just stick to one account damnit shifty!

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Authority isn't the truth
Truth is the authority!
*flickerstate:iconflickerstate: Sep 9, 2005, 2:57:28 AM
Thank you for the favorite ^^

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my main account is here =stitchpuller.... i am the haunted house's etheric content.....
~crazyneko2:iconcrazyneko2: Sep 8, 2005, 5:57:15 PM
thank you for the fav :rose:

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Today the man of knowledge might well feel like God become Animal.

Nietzsche
~Darth-Spanky:iconDarth-Spanky: Sep 8, 2005, 11:51:00 AM
Hello! What's new? You have some awesome pictures there. Five thumbs up for you! lol
~Ciao--Bambina:iconCiao--Bambina: Sep 8, 2005, 4:48:32 AM
greta wokr dear, and thanks for faving Mirror rorriM, I can't wait for you to come down.

Love

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~Payachi:iconPayachi: Aug 31, 2005, 5:50:33 PM
You've got some really interesting stuff here. Neato.
*PoppaChuckles:iconPoppaChuckles: Aug 22, 2005, 4:15:10 PM
thanks for the Fav!

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~CinderandSmoke:iconCinderandSmoke: Aug 19, 2005, 8:26:41 AM
Your work is just to marvelous for words.
~Despondence:iconDespondence: Aug 5, 2005, 6:20:56 PM
How many accounts do you have now??
Haha, just giving you a hard time, Rah Jah :p

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~xlonelyxdreamerx:iconxlonelyxdreamerx: Aug 4, 2005, 10:27:04 PM
thank you for the fav!!!

i really enjoy your gallery also, its like.. i don't even know how to explain it. so mysterious and colorful. LOVE IT. i think i just might add you. ;)

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hi....my names elise...*hi elise*..and i've been taking pictures for about 5 years...*gasp* and i don't plan on quitting because its really addicting...*silence*...
~duet-with-knives:iconduet-with-knives: Aug 4, 2005, 7:47:50 AM
While I appreciate that, I rarely use dA these days. but, that is sweet of you, and you are talented.

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I don't like your tragic sighs
as if your god has passed you by well hey fool
that's your deception
your angels speak with jilted tongues
the serpent's tale has come undone you have no
strength to squander
The only comfort is the moving of the river
!Squash-n-Stretch:iconSquash-n-Stretch: Aug 4, 2005, 5:05:33 AM
I'm twatting down the bullies, and the one's that are hardly here and don't know the story. Not being the bully. You're a little mixed up ;)

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~coolcatluna2:iconcoolcatluna2: Aug 4, 2005, 4:36:06 AM
:wave: Welcome [back?] to devi =D

Oh by the way I :salute: you for not stooping as low as a certain other person :hug: We need more people like you that won't fuel a flame war when someone else wants to get one started.

:heart: :nod:

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I've moved to PearlJamais
*sw33t-dr34m5:iconsw33t-dr34m5: Aug 4, 2005, 4:08:57 AM
I am not a bully. I voiced my concern and my opinion. You, by coming here and posting that comment, have shown that you are infact the real "bully" if there is one. Don't attack my account with you petty rhetoric and foolish opinions. Save that stuff for the forums, kid.

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If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own... For if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night. I support °jark.
!Squash-n-Stretch:iconSquash-n-Stretch: Aug 4, 2005, 3:56:33 AM
You win the prize! I've seen plenty of people on here that aren't here very long but side against Jark without knowing the situation, but you take the biscuit! Well done! Welcome to devart, bully! And by the way, the links you are going through for 'the truth' are nothing but twisted facts that Jark has put together.

You are bullying a person you don't know. BULLY

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