DeviantArt is adding a new feature where your art can be authorized for inclusion in 3rd-party datasets... but it is enabled by default, and you have to manually turn it off for every individual deviation of yours in order to fully opt out.

I don't have the spoons to do that for 179 deviations, and I don't really use my DA account anyways, so I just deleted it.

twitter.com/IanFayArt/status/1

@Zauberin Bad news comrade, and I'm sorry to be the one delivering it: Deleting your account doesn't delete your deviations. :ohno:

@Zauberin Yeah, basically the reaction of everyone I've seen who's been informed of that fact.

Hopefully *mass public outcry* can make DA reverse course.

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