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WagmoreBarkless

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Is DA launching an attack on it's current interface in order to force us over to the appoc-Eclipse?
From my view, this past year has been one disappointing change after another: 
1. the statistics feature has been been gutted to where you can only view see page-view numbers for the current year.
2. The number of monthly page views that my gallery receives has plummeted.
3. DA's menus-driven help department, which has been mediocre at best in past years, has deteriorated to a We-don't-give-a -shit-take-a-number-and-wait attitude.
4. DA's Stash feature, which I use frequently, has just become more difficult to access.
5. Just today, the Share feature that I've used frequently to share my DA submissions to my Face Book page no longer works!

Why should I keep paying for a Core membership as DA continues to slide down-hill?
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Eclipse

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• (verb)To deprive (someone or something) of significance, power, or prominence




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I have been a DA member for 7 years but only active for the last 4. This past year (2018), the number of daily page views that I get has drastically fallen. I am perplexed because my out-put of work has steadily increased. The type of submission has not changed much and the quality of my submissions appears to be slightly improving (based on member feed-back). So, what's the deal? 

Another change that I have noticed this year (as a core member) is a reduction in how I can view my page view statistics - almost every query i make (especially in comparing yearly page view total) brings up an error message that states "Sorry, but that page cannot be found.  Has DA reduced reduced this service, or is some error involved? I suspect that it is unannounced reduction.

I have attempted to ask DA staff about these matters, but keep winding up in a morass of sub-menus and referrals until I finally give up.

Therefore I bring my plight/question to my trusty DA peers: What the heck is going on? Does anyone else have this problem? Could it have anything to do with the ownership change of DA? I would appreciate some feedback...

Your fellow DA artist;

Wagmore Barkless AKA Goodwin Trent
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Basically, I love getting llama badges but I don't actively solicit for them.  I also enjoy reciprocating by sending a llama badge back and thanking the sender for their llama.  
What I don't enjoy is when a sender sets terms and conditions on how I should respond to their unsolicited gift.  Example - "If you thank for the llama, I'll mark it as spam!"  Certainly I don't question any DA member's right to set these conditions.  This journal entry is merely a notice to tell you how I roll on this matter:

When I receive a llama badge, I go to the sender's profile page to see if there are any restrictions on how I respond set by the sender. If there are no restrictions, great! I view the sender's gallery for a bit, then I send them a llama and a short thank you note.
If I do find restrictions, that is also fine.  I don't send back anything - no llama badge; no thank you note.
All's fair in love and llamas! 

Dl3 by WagmoreBarkless

Sal - My leader (or Dali Llama) of my herd of cute llamas...
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I don't know if anyone noticed, but I was pretty much inactive on DA in July.  When I travel, I leave all my internet gizmos behind and concentrate on the road being traveled.  These last four weeks were a real adventure for me - I set out from Tacoma, Washington, lone-wolfing it in my trusty Honda Element, and headed to my old Home of Anchorage, Alaska to visit family and friends, fish, and take lots of photos.  Mission accomplished  on all fronts!  The round trip took five days in each direction and total milage was about 4,500 miles.

I am back in Tacoma now with many great memories and a gazillion pictures to show for it!  
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