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[blue-usagi]

>< OMG! This thing is so frickin' funny (and true).
I posted my comments in italics.

Here are his/her list of 30 ways to pimp out your dA account:
1) Post porn. Oh, I'm sorry, I meant artistic nude pictures.

2) Be a forum whore. If you go to bed after a posting spree, wake up, check your dA inbox, and don't see at least (15F) up there, you're not trying hard enough.
ahahahahahaha!! i've done this before except in the minimal way...only about 3 forum posts and you get your post count up 10....if you post a topic that contain the word(s) "anime", "manga", "neko", "bishie" or any japanese word(s), people will SWARM. I've never done this myself, but from the amount of comment to topics that have these words, you know it works.

3) Go to the dA main page. Go to Today. Go down the list of new Deviants and greet every single one of them.
comment: i tried this before i ever new about wazzkakka's 30 ways, and it didn't work very well...

4) Make really awesome art and pimp it out in Thumbshare.

5) Make shitloads of really crap art and pimp it out in Thumbshare.

6) Be extraordinarily rascist/political/religious. Indicate this in every comment or forum post (I suggest a signature that says, "Jesus lives in you! Unless you're a fag, a Muslim, or a Mexican!").
lol, you'd be surprised how many conservatives and extremists are out there...

7) Post everywhere. Shoutboxes, forums, journals, deviations, news posts, everywhere. Make your name known to everyone.
the shoutboxes thing doesn't work as well as you'd like; not many people go there...

8) Acquire an animated anime avatar. Yay for alliteration!*
yes, as you may know, anime is HUGE at dA, anything anime will get you lots of attention

9) Fill your signature (other than the one from #6) with Japanese characters in a rough sentance. Doesn't even have to be correct, just so long as it includes "kawaii", "neko", and anything ending with "-chan" or "-kun". Anime fangirls will swarm you.
again, anything anime will get you pageviews. ANYTHING. especially if you say, "looking for anime/manga lovers/artists to watch".

10) Be a supreme asshole in the forums. The people who hate you will know your name, and the people who agree with you (IE, other assholes) will flock to you like a fat kid on a cupcake.
lol, i like the simile he made there....anyway, anything extremely insulting works; as i said before, you'd be surprised at how my extremists are out there

11) Become any kind of member higher than a subscriber (this can take time). Even if you only have a ` in front of your name (let alone a $, or a @ or something), people will notice and go to your page.
lol, i'm one of those people who "notice"..i just do it to figure out what all the symbols mean...

12) Post "Hi! I'm new!" threads in the Welcome forum. No, I mean, post one like, every week.
lol, i'm one of those greeters at the welcome forum...but i don't usually visit any newb's dA account...too time-consuming

13) Find large threads like “Word Association”, “What R u lisining 2 rite now!??”, and “Who’s the toughest video game boss you ever fought?”. Reply to them with a relevant comment, then go through and reply to the comment of every other person in the thread until you die of exhaustion. Everyone you send it to will see your name, plus you’ll be one of the most active Deviants in the thread.
eh...never tried this; i usually hate large threads because they take soooo long to load ><

14) On a similar note, find a “What are you listening to?” thread and bookmark it. Reply to it. As soon as two other people reply below you, reply again. Continue until death. This will have an effect similar to that of #13.
or start one...that probably works better

15) +devwatch everyone who watches you. This leads people into a false sense of loyalty and they’ll stop by every once in a while to see how you’re doing.
lol..i think i'm led into that "false sense of loyalty"..ah, but that's ok...i think it's a girl thing

16) Post a thread about how anime isn’t really art. Every 14 year old fangirl who comes to your page to yell at you in broken Japanese adds to your pageviews. Remember, people liking you has nothing to do with your popularity – this is about pageviews.
lol, hating anime doesn't work as well as loving it...

17) Go down the Welcome forum. Reply to every thread with a :wave: emote and “Hello!”.
this works very well, all you have to do is copy, click, paste, click

18) Get a subscription. Seriously. When impressionable newbies (whose threads you’ve already spammed to death with greetings messages) see a Subscriber or Beta Tester talking to them, they’re more likely to pay attention and see who you are. This only works until they learn that a third of dA falls into one of those categories. Also, paying $30 a year for a sub gets you another forum to pimp out.
lol..yes, i'm one of those spammers...actually, i get scared of the "*" and "=" and any other symbol other that a "~" because it's intimidating...so i avoid them, especially since they can see who walks in and out of their main page

19) Fuck it, post your own “What are you listening to?” thread. God knows there’s enough of them already, may as well add yours.

20) Randomly click on someone’s name in the forums, someone you haven’t spoken to yet. Go to their gallery, leave a comment on their page that says “I :heart: ur art!” and then fav at least five of their Deviations. This should entice them to visit you. For added efficiency, you can remove their Deviations from your fav list the next day, so people don’t catch on and accuse you of being a fav-whore.
LMAO...haha...aha..ha...wow...i'm the honest type, so i'm probably not gonna follow any of these 30...but

21) Add a list of all your friends at the bottom of your journal. As in #15, this leads people to believe that you actually like them and they may come visit you later.
[i]*nod* that's me!

22) Join every group you hear of. Even if it doesn’t apply to you. You’re Polish and want to join :iconmexicanos: ? Try anyway and say you’re doing it out of support. If they won’t let you, watch the club anyway and people might assume you’re in it by mistake.
wow...this guy is a serious bastard..it's really funny tho...

23) Either spell perfectly and use proper grammar all the time to appear more intelligent (and therefore, more interesting), or mangle the English language to the point where people come to your page just to cuss out your horrid typing skills.
i don't think this would work very well...but whatever

24) Post drunk. I mean, really drunk. Or even just act drunk. Make a thread about being drunk, complete with blatant misspellings, etc. The alcoholics will think it’s funny and possibly go to your page to see who you are. Nobody else matters anyway so who cares about them.

25) Make a huge list of ways to get more pageviews, compile them into your journal, then link to it in your signature. Why are you looking at me like that?

26) Put the obligatory “FREE PORN” link in your sig that actually leads to your gallery. However, only make one letter (I suggest the P) lead to your gallery, and let the rest actually lead to free porn. People will return to you constantly for free nudity (especially those at work or school who don’t want to type in the URL and have it in their history), and every once in a while one will click the P and give you a free view.

27) Go through Thumbshare, noting every thread that promises comments/favs if you do theirs. Utilise all of them. They have to give you a view to comment or fav your work. Then be a bastard and un-fav all their stuff.
only a mother-f*cking bastard would do this...

28) Several times a day, go to the main page Shoutbox and type, “Hello everybody!”. Press Enter. Go about your business. Within a week you’ll have dozens of Shouts without having to actually think about them.
i don't get it....

29) Make a journal poll about a hot political topic, especially a heavily biased one. They attract attention like a ferret draws stench.

30) If you’re not subbed yet, play yourself off as a newbie and ask for friends because you’re lonely. Who knows, it might actually work.


*nod* i guess all these would work nicely...i'd love to hear it if someone actually did one of these to it's full extent....
anyway, i'm gonna go and post a ton of jap. words in my sig just to see if it works.

[Em-E-Chan]

You know what he/she missed.... being a front page hoverer. You just sit at the front page and reload every 2 seconds and every so often (okay like every 5 seconds..... there's a lot of good art that is published.) click on a interesting link (aka a good picture.) and fav. it or add a comment. It's especially good if your the first one or second one to fav it because for some reason the person you fav or comment always feels obligated to view your page and thank you or fav one of your works.... I'm telling you this works, always! That's how I get all my views. Best part is you don't have to feel like a jerk or a fav-whore because you fav each person only once (twice or three times only if there good artists) and your only faving them becuase the're a good artist. It also gives you an advantage over this guy/girl... people don't think your an a** (or know in this case).

[Tenshikeki]

well.....i dont care about pageviews.If they dont like my art,forget them XD they could go somewhere else cuz all i have is messy CGed pics

[blue-usagi]

*nod* i don't care much about pageviews since you can just get them by reloading your dA page....so it kinda doesn't matter...but sometimes it's fun to see which artists have the most, y'know?

[Em-E-Chan]

I'm not much for page views either really. My main concern is getting people to commment on my work... you know cretic it and such.

[Lloyd Ikari]

xD Lots of odd ways to do that..