why i'm leaving: ☆ 1. getting older ⟢ i have made so many wonderful memories on this site! i've been on scratch for eight years, but i'm turning 16 soon, and now have ib courses to deal with and other things to prioritize. i could just take a hiatus, but realistically i don't think i'll be coming back at all when i graduate high school in two years and go into law. i love scratch, and i love the community i'm a part of, but i think that i've outgrown it and think it's time for me to move on. ☆ 2. remix culture ⟢ if you follow me, or have just looked at my profile, then you know i am an artist! scratch is one of the big things that got me into art, but due to rules about remix culture outlined in the scratch tos, i don't feel it's the best place to share art; it was made as a coding site after all, so this is understandable! i just feel like having to constantly share my "art use rules" is overkill and unnecessary, especially when i have other socials that i share art on anyway that don't require this. ☆ 3. disconnect ⟢ i don't feel very connected to what i draw and post here anymore. most people know me from dtas or warrior cats related stuff; i still love both of those things, but i'm not super into the warriors fandom anymore, and i've been slowly moving away from drawing cats. art of cats (like tfcrp, dtaes) get the most attention obviously because it's what people follow me for, but if i don't even want to draw that anymore, i don't think there's much sense in staying. this isn't meaning that i'm leaving because i just 'don't want to draw cats'; i just think that if i feel "too old" for the site, face so many issues /posting/ my art, and don't even want to draw what people like, there really isn't anything keeping me here. most people i know from scratch have already left too, and i've been thinking about this for a while, so i figured it was time. ☆ 4. toxicity in the community ⟢ this one is less of a reason, but the scratch community, particularly the groups i'm a part of, have just become less fun to be in and more toxic. i'm definitely not leaving because of this, but it makes the website less fun to be on overall. this isn't targeted at anyone specific, but i figured i would voice how i feel anyway. if you're reading this, it's probably not about you! it's a very small part of the community. i'm very happy people have enjoyed the art i posted, both on here, and on my old accounts. feel free to leave comments if you like, i might check them sporadically when i have time <3 ⟢ ori
