I did exactly what one is expected to do for exposure. I posted countless comments. Not just banal, useless one-liners. Thoughtful, considered comments.

I posted on the forums, I added quality stuff to favorites, and wrote a few news articles. This was effort that added up to hours every day.

And what did I see from it? Less than 50 page views a day, and not a single comment beyond the useless junk that has plagued dA from the beginning. I get more than that to the front page of my own website, and there's nothing there.

The average quality keeps going down, and the only way to enforce quality comments was ripped away from non-subscribers. The reason I don't visit anymore is because there's no point.