Deviantart needs to be split up into a thousand medium-sized websites so all the artists that really do deserve to get recognition do get it. Right now, it just feels like a celebrity popularity race (with a few exceptions, luckily) - you get up with one image someone seems to like, and then getting comments is a breeze. And even then, out of the 200 replies you get, only 20 or so will actually help you (praise does not help. no, it doesn't).
Ah well, I can't do much. 1000+ DA websites means at least 2000 admins... And even more servers. And so on. Maybe jark, or whoever, needs to write an AI script which will automatically reply to each ima