@insect0id_freakaz0id's post on Artfol
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β’ comms always openYeah no I'm done with this place sorry y'all fully moving to insta and discord I was waiting keeping this app hoping it would get better later on but this just actually fully made me wanna delete it. Not worth staying here it's gotten worse and worse and features we were promised years ago eventually are put behind a paywall and I've also asked like sooo many times for image editing to be available so when I notice a mistake I can just fix the photo and not have to delete or hide the old one people already commented on and now that's paywalled too... Not 2 mention I have maybe 4 at most active followers on here who r also not liking the way the app is going and prob quitting too and where my posts used to get like 60-80 likes and be on the front page all the time and I got comments and people actually cared about my OCs... I'm lucky to get 5 likes now whenever I post. And it really isn't even worth the effort because 90% of the time when I try to post something I get an error message so ... Idk I had hope for artfol I really enjoyed my time here when the app was in its prime but with each update I've found it more difficult to wanna stay here and keep posting and this is actually it I don't think it's gonna get any better again and I feel like me sitting here waiting for it to improve hoping I'll enjoy posting here some day again just makes me even more sad to see that it keeps getting worse and worse and more and more people keep leaving and nobody cares about my stuff on here now, the people who did already moved to New apps and I sat around on here hoping it'd improve and everyone would come back and I feel sure now that it just won't happen 
really kind of extremely disappointing actually because this is literally where I felt best posting art, I made so many friends here, people cared about my OCs for the first time since 2017, and it felt like a close knit community to make artist friends, not just like another bland overly corporate platform 
it feels like I grew up on here I shared so much with everyone and I'll seriously miss all of you and I'll forever miss the way things were here before but I can't stay here no more it feels pointless and the longer I wait and hope it'll get good again it's like idk it just gets worse and I don't think there's any point in me staying any longer especially seeing how many others are unhappy and quitting because of this being a last straw also. I hate it because I had other art I wanted to post but it's no use. I think I'm just gonna make my last post and delete the app maybe I'll come back in a few months or years and see how it is but honestly trying to stay active here despite everything just feels like so much weight on my shoulders and I'm not happy posting or being here anymore. Sorry. Thank you 2 everyone who has gaf about my art and my OCs and meJul 23, 2025
really kind of extremely disappointing actually because this is literally where I felt best posting art, I made so many friends here, people cared about my OCs for the first time since 2017, and it felt like a close knit community to make artist friends, not just like another bland overly corporate platform it feels like I grew up on here I shared so much with everyone and I'll seriously miss all of you and I'll forever miss the way things were here before but I can't stay here no more it feels pointless and the longer I wait and hope it'll get good again it's like idk it just gets worse and I don't think there's any point in me staying any longer especially seeing how many others are unhappy and quitting because of this being a last straw also. I hate it because I had other art I wanted to post but it's no use. I think I'm just gonna make my last post and delete the app maybe I'll come back in a few months or years and see how it is but honestly trying to stay active here despite everything just feels like so much weight on my shoulders and I'm not happy posting or being here anymore. Sorry. Thank you 2 everyone who has gaf about my art and my OCs and meJul 23, 2025Comments
I don't really use instagram all that much anymore but if beloved mutual insect0id_freakaz0id is moving there then I will follow xem 
(sidenote why is there no serious saluting emoji. i want my tone to sound like I'm following you into war)
(sidenote why is there no serious saluting emoji. i want my tone to sound like I'm following you into war)β’
β’At this point, Iβm seriously thinking about just deleting my account. I joined Artfol in 2023 and it already felt like a dead place back then, but it just keeps getting worse. I donβt really care about the paywall stuff anymore cause it wouldnβt change anything. Anw, thatβs a pretty disappointing direction for an independent app (but not really surprising)
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β’Will miss you but that's okay, i probably won't stick around much longer either, wishing you the best of luck for the future!
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You're making a decision that feels right for you, and I'm proud of you for it. I hope other platforms do better for you. As much as I'm sad to see this place deteriorate as much as it did, we all have to accept that life can be unfair this way. The only things we can really do is keep the memories we've made and move on with our artistic journey.
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Will miss you :<
But there's no point in forcing yourself to stay somewhere you don't feel good. Good luck on other platforms!
But there's no point in forcing yourself to stay somewhere you don't feel good. Good luck on other platforms!
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I'll leave my profile up for people to look for old art and hopefully for anyone who sees that I quit and wants to follow me elsewhere 2 find me there... PLEASE find me I Love you guys I just don't like this app anymore But I like the people in it and the friends I made... It's just like Ughhhh this sucks ts is like the straw that broke the camels back 
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sad to see you go! tho ive also never been that active anywhere, i associated artfol with your art and some others who were also quite engaged w the community, so it will def not quite be the same ( β’Μ Μ―β’Μ ) thank you for all the cool art and your unique ocs and stories ββ wishing ya all the best
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