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Hello guys!

My friend is running a new contest about couples and duos!
Check the news here. I'm also a donator and a judge in this contest. I think this is an awesome theme, very inspiring and with so many possibilities! I hope you'll try to enter!
Also, you can promote the contest with the stamp:

Second thing: I'll be out in Paris for Japan Expo from Weneseday to Monday and I'm not sure I will have full access to the Internet there, so I will not answer your notes or messages in time. You can keep sending them of course, I will read and catch everything up when I'm back.
I'm gonna miss you my friends!

See you soon!




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Salut tout le monde!

Mon amie lance un nouveau concours sur les couples et les duos!
Vous pouvez voir la news ICI. Je suis aussi un juge et je donne des prix pour ce concours. Je trouve que c'est un super thème, on peut avoir pas mal d'inspiration et pleins de possibilités! J'espère que vous essayerez de participer.
Vous pouvez aussi promouvoir le concours avec le timbre:

Deuxième chose: je serai à Paris pour Japan Expo à partir de Mercredi jusqu'à Lundi et je sais pas si j'aurai accès au net là bas, donc je ne repondrai probablement pas à vos messages ou notes à temps. Vous pouvez continuer à en envoyer bien sûr, je rattraperai tout à mon retour.
Vous allez me manquer!

A bientôt!

I finally received and answer to my note. And of course, it is as bad as I was expecting.

The answer :

In the context of the policy which you quote Hatred is directly associated with a desire for enslavement or destruction which is considered to reside at a different level than expressing a strong or pronounced dislike.

In this context it would be considered acceptable to state that one "Hated Americans" or to produce works which expressed a strong dislike for one or more facets of America or it's associated culture. These works could be considered offensive to some Americans but the simple act of being offensive would not be a cause for automatic removal of the work.

Only if the work in question stepped beyond the offering of a strong personal opinion would the staff begin to consider taking action; This means that while a statement of "I Hate Americans" would be tolerated a statement of "All Americans Must Die" would cross the boundary into actual Hatred as defined by policy.

My answer :

It's Armenians, not Americans.

Well, I strongly disagree with you. Your policies don't emphasize on the fact that "Hatred is directly associated with a desire for enslavement or destruction which is considered to reside at a different level than expressing a strong or pronounced dislike."
These deviations are just hate art against another people or country, as your policies say so.

Really I don't understand your way of working.

Anway, I would have tried, and no matter what you say, I still think this is pure hate according to your policies, and that you're wrong not to taking any action against this.
I already disapproved some of you moderation actions and this is not going to get better.

I'm pretty pissed off. But anyway, I was already not trusting DA policies and it's worse now. Really disappointing.

Anyway, I would like to thank everyone here who supported me throughout this affaire, for all your nice messages and comments, for all of you who helped me reported it. You are the best.
And keep standing against hatred, on DA or anywhere else!

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From April 1st 2009, the prices will be :

$25 USD for a personal CSS Journal only
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Guys, I received the note I didn't want to receive :

Your Prohibited Content Violation Report on armenian flag tfuu was reviewed by a member of the staff and action was taken, marking the report as Invalid.

Additionally, the following comment was provided:

A reviewing staff member has determined that this deviation does not meet the current standards in use for defining 'Hate Art'.

What the hell do they need to define "Hate Art"? Weren't those two deviations basically obvious?
Pffff... Really, I'm so sad. I will send a note to a member of the staff list to ask what do they call "Hate Art" exactelly.

Thanks to all of you for your support today, really I appreciate that, I love you.

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Hello everybody.

Today I was browsing into the DeviantArt galleries. I typed "Armenia" into the search bar. If some of you don't know, my real and complete name is Candice Norhadian. I am half French/half Armenian by my father, and half portuguese by my mother.
So, I was looking at the artworks that people did about Armenia, and an horrible deviation just deeply shocked me.
Here is the thing : [link] (this is the Armenian flag).
And this is not the only one in the gallery of this deviant, this one is pretty obvious too : [link] (Armenia is in blue).
This is the first time in my life that I feel insulted about my origins.
And actually to be honest, this is the first time since I've been on DA that I see a hate and racist deviation.
This two deviations are pure rage and hatred against a country and its people.
I reported it immediatelly, because racism and hatred deviations are not allowed on DeviantArt.
You can report it too if you think like me. I am not asking you to do it absolutelly, it's up to you.

I hope there isn't any other deviations like those, about Armenia or anything else.
I don't understand how people can do something like this. How people can put such hatred in doing that kind of picture and just show it to the World?
And it makes you feel even worse when it's a bit about you and your origins.

Really, I feel so sad now. But I'm glad I found it and reported it. I really hope this deviant will be punished, and his hatred deviations deleted.

Thanks for reading, my friends, and have a nice day.

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Commission prices update :
From April 1st 2009, the prices will be :

$25 USD for a personal CSS Journal only
$30 USD for a personal CSS Journal + a personal CSS gallery
$10 USD for a personal CSS Gallery only.