Status

Sweet, the development staff on the groups system have opened up the floor to questions about groups, but it's behind #devBUG which mean access is limited. I'd like to collect questions you may have and compile them together into an official form for the admins to look at , if you have any questions about the new groups system, please leave them in a comment below, please think about serious questions, this is a rare opportunity . I have already heard back on the ones I've asked, and I've included their contents at the end of the deviation description under the Q&A with development staff header: [link] (and will continue to update them there). The links to the original posts won't be accessible unless you are a member of #devBUG

Q's:
--Could you go more in depth about the final group creation process? What kind of information will need to be provided for a group to be converted or created?
--How will the contributions for group subscriptions work? Will each member be able to contribute a fixed amount toward a group's subscription or will they be able to enter any value? What differences will there be from the current subscription service?
--Will forum posts in the private forum (from subscribed clubs) be converted into conversation topics in groups?
--Are there any possible permutations that could still occur in the management structure of groups? Groupies have been removed and the constraints on the number of members have changed, are there any other possible changes that may occur such as adding in a category between watchers and contributors? Are there any plans for differentiating between the users who follow a group and those who take part in a group?
--Will watchers, gallery submissions, favs, collections, comments and journals all be preserved when converting from a club into a group?
--Will it be possible to designate permissions specifically for each user rather than for an entire group like watchers or Contributors? If I want one watcher, =uae4u, to be able to submit work, and another, =parallellogic, to not be able to, can I do that if they are both in the watchers class?
--Will it be possible to ask all watchers to vote on whether to accept submissions rather than having the members make that decision? Will it be possible to run a group that is controlled by the watchers?
--Is it true that group conversion will be one way only? Once you convert to a group, you will never be able to go back to being a club?
--Will a group retain the subscription the club had previously? If a Super subscription costs $80 per year and a club subscription costs $30 a year, then will a club that purchases a year subscription and immediately converts into a group retain the year-long subscription when they are a group?

--if I contact someone who has submitted their tutorial to the club and convert the deviation in the gallery to a member submission, how will this affect the favs and comments this deviation has received?
--Will groups be able to post News Articles?

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Leave a comment below with the term "PROGRAM:recommendFriends()" in it and I will tell you who you would be most interested in watching. The user name naturally links to the user and the number after it links to their most popular work in their gallery. I will also tell you the average age and gender breakdown of your watchers.

*GENZOMAN (33), `Artgerm (28), `Endling (27), *AdamHughes (27), *bleedman (26), `adonihs (26), *tracyjb (24), =HOON (24), ~OmeN2501 (23), =Bluefley (23), *AmericanNinjaX (23), =elsevilla (23), *AdamWarren (22), `bri-chan (21), `loish (21), `diablo2003 (21), =Teruchan (20), *nebezial (20), *kunkka (19), =extvia (19), *Balak01 (18), ^taenaron (18), *elpinoy (18), *makani (18), *J-Scott-Campbell (18), ~cellar-fcp (18), `ukitakumuki (17), *janaschi (17), lolly (17), *mimi-na (17), *imaginism (16), =AndrewDickman (16), =JayAxer (16), =RyanKinnaird (16), ^gucken (16), *cuson (16), *eltonpot (16), =pyawakit (16), =Michelle84 (15), *dcwj (15), ~Sunyimaci (15)

Haha, well I had 30 some minutes to kill while doing laundry, so I thought I'd whip up the program I'd been thinking about since I posted the last journal. This one makes a list of who you watch and then makes a list of who your watchers watch; it then removes the people you already watch and returns the result (ideally who you would be most interested in watching since they probably share some of your artistic interests). The number next to the name represents how many times that user came up on the watch list of the people you watch. So far it seems to focus on popular artists that follow your interested genres . The list will be restricted to the top 40 users since dA has a limit on comment length. If this program strikes you as particularly interesting and you want me to send the entire list or users to you, just let me know and I'll note it to you

I hope all is going well with everyone else

History of Groups

I figured it might be a good idea to keep a record of what groups have been made when. I'll keep this list as up to date as I can up until groups are officially released Please let me know of any groups you come across

Public Groups

Admin Operated
Converted on March 31, 2009
deviantART headquarters.


User Operated
Converted on July 17, 2009
A group for the users in Sydney, Australia


Admin Operated
Converted on July 18, 2009
deviantART mascot club.


User Operated
Converted on August 1, 2009
Group for reporting errors with groups. To report an error, please go here: [link]


Admin Operated
Converted on August 13, 2009
Group for collecting visual suggestions for skin changes around dA


User Operated
Converted on August 14, 2009
A group for designing a card game for girls


Admin Operated
Converted on August 19, 2009
Placeholder for community relations HQ


User Operated
Converted on August 20, 2009
A group for dAmn users


Admin Operated
Converted on August 21, 2009
A group for community operations.


User Operated
Converted on August 28, 2009
A group for Fire Fly fans


Admin Operated
Converted on August 28, 2009
A group for TV shows


User Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
A group for stock and resources


User Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
A group for Photojournalism


User Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
A group for British deviants


User Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
A group for helpful feedback


User Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
A group for writers


Admin Operated
Converted on August 29, 2009
No stated objectives


User Operated
Converted on September 2, 2009
A group for Toronto based deviants


User Operated
Converted on September 2, 2009
A group for dA Llama supporters


Admin Operated
Converted on September 2, 2009
No stated objectives


User Operated
Converted on September 2, 2009
Group for artists of nature and animals in a surrealistic context


Admin Operated
Converted on September 2,2009
Group for disabled deviants


User Operated
Converted on September 3, 2009
Stock art group


User Operated
Converted on September 3, 2009
Group for European deviants


User Operated
Converted on September 3, 2009
It starts on 9/8/09


Admin Operated
Converted on September 4, 2009
A group for the Depthcore.com Collective


Admin Operated
Converted September 4, 2009
Hub for Messaging Network members


Admin Operated
Converted September 10, 2009
Deviants who support Coffee


Admin Operated
Converted September 11, 2009
No Stated Objectives


User Operated
Converted September 11, 2009
Group for Texan deviants


Admin Operated
September 11, 2009
Previously hidden group for testing


Admin Operated
Converted September 11, 2009
No Stated Objectives


Admin Operated
September 13, 2009
Previously hidden group for testing


User Operated
September 17, 2009
Previously hidden group for testing


Admin Operated
September 21, 2009
Previously hidden group for testing


Admin Operated
September 23, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
September 23, 2009
No stated objectives


User Operated
September 24, 2009
Group for the artists behind Udon Entertainment


Admin Operated
October 7, 2009
Group for Premium Members


User Operated
October 15th, 2009
Group for Street Photography


Admin Operated
October 15th, 2009
Group for managing Prints


Admin Operated
October 15th, 2009
Group for Photoshop Tutorials


Admin Operated
October 15th, 2009
A group for malcontents


Admin Operated
October 17th, 2009
dA TV


User Operated
October 20th, 2009
No stated objectives


User Operated
October 22nd, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
October 23rd, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
October 24th, 2009
Friday Critique Nights


User Operated
October 28th, 2009
Bettering its members through networking, share of knowledge and a platform to learn through constructive critiques


User Operated
October 30th, 2009
A creative hub and learning environment for the digital arts


User Operated
October 30th, 2009
Group for sharing deviations


Admin Operated
October 30th, 2009
Group for emoticons


Admin Operated
October 30th, 2009
No stated objectives


User Operated
November 3rd, 2009
Concept art, comics and illustration studio


Admin Operated
November 3rd, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
November 2nd, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
November 2nd, 2009
No stated objectives


Admin Operated
November 5th, 2009
A play on the usernames $spyed (ninja) and $20after4 (420)


Admin Operated
November 11th, 2009
A group for displaying eye-catching works