Leaving.

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Space for next. 1500+ views?! dang on scratchstats it says that only 10% of u actually liked it lol :') ~PLEASE READ~ i think i'm gonna leave scratch. don't get me wrong, this place has given me a home. i started out here, scratch welcomed me, it was a good start. but i feel like...this site isn't for me. if you're wondering why i'm leaving on my birthday, it's because i'm thirteen and that's the age where most sites open up for me where i can share my art. this is a huge risk for me and i'm taking a really big step. i probably will lose a lot of followers because "why would i want to follow an inactive user?" it either will or won't work...maybe i'll get popular and maybe i won't. anyway, sorry, this is gonna be kinda rant-y, and long, but here. 1! Art theft/ST being biased DON'T COME FOR ME IN THE COMMENTS but this site was made for kids. it was made by a school. yes, i know that it is friendly to adults, but there are mostly eight year-olds on scratch. there is too much art theft here, and i contacted the ST, and believe it or not they read and answered it, and they said,"If you are scared that your art will be stolen, it might be smart to not post it on Scratch." which, if you didn't get it, they never fix the problem. they confirm that they have not and will not do anything about this, and they rely on the 100% absolutely not arrogant and responsible kids of scratch to report the projects that have been made by art thieves. as if children would know how to recognize art theft when they see it. 2! Business. i know, i know, i'm a fricking minor, also, i'm only thirteen, but for the future. these little kids might not appreciate some of the art i make. not that it'll be inappropriate, but it might have some adult concepts. the eight yros on this site are NOT my target audience for my art. in the future, i think i'm gonna consider selling my art, and this place isn't super professional. i'd rather be on youtube or something, and if i think my art is worth selling, i guarantee others will too. because i frickin hate my art 3! Moderation. also, scratch does a terrible job of monitoring filters. i could say multiple curse words if i wanted to. scratch seems to favor some users more than others, particulary the ones who have more followers and haven't disliked any part of this website, and since it's made by a school, there's an enourmous bias. i get banned for the stupidest of reasons. prime example <------------------------------------------------- 4. Wanting to be appretiated. AKA pettiness and i don't feel appreciated enough with my art here. that sounds petty, but i worked really hard to perfect my art style. and...people hardly notice. i see a ten-year-old's unbelievably popular project that looks like it took ten minutes to plan, voice, animate, code, save/export/import and draw, and can you imagine what i think about my art? am i bad at art? so i would like to be somewhere where i am appreciated. i'm not belittling my amazing supporters, hell, i have more than 200 fricking followers, and a bunch of great supporting ppl. u guys are amazing. still, i think i need to leave. i'm not just in it for the fame, and i'm not one of those ppl who only cares about views, but i feel like everyone chases after approval. 5. the KIDS i have seen kids who don't know the consequences of their actions insulting me and coming at me for no good reason. it's normally kids trying to be "cool" who only have opinions based off of what their parents tell them to believe that get into petty arguments online. young children(obvi not all of them, there are some really great kids on this website) insult ppl and then go on to say that it was "just a joke" and that we need to "calm down". they also don't seem to understand politics or social issues, yet dive right into them anyway, desparate to prove someone wrong. they add a needless amount of anxiety on me, and i just can't deal with more of that kind of stress in my day to day life. little kids can't accept or understand me, so i won't stay here. there are too many furphobes and homophobes on this godforsaken website. welp, there you go. five reasons i want to leave. i hope you accept them. i just want to say thank you to EVERYONE who has supported me, and i love you guys more than you could imagine. places you can find me are in the notes and credits. PEOPLE PART OF THE REALMS ROLEPLAY!! LISTEN! uhm...hi. it's been almost a year, can you believe it? wow. ... when i started the realms, i felt...whole. i would stay up late at night talking to myself, planning what would happen next, what would be the next plot twist. realms was magical, and i felt like i was finally in control of my life, since a lot seemed to be happening around me that was overwhelming. i...will be continuing the realms. (cont)