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