no idea whats happening with artfight (kind of? i know a bit but… its given me a headache so im ignoring it) but i am just
going to go back to animating this revenge
something is up with artfight?
tl;dr staff mass quit bc they were not paid
what the fuck?
this is some crazy bomb holy fuck
i feel like these are important replies
[ID: a reply from gorenography that says “note that most mods know when they took the position as a mod they Knew it was a volunteer position and that they weren’t going to get paid. This is Less about the mods not being paid and MORE about the owner (Takaia) pocketing donation money meant for the site/not being fully transparent with where the money is going” /end ID]
[ID: a reply from deathnotelesbian that says “to be clear part of it is also takaia has been pocketing every dollar of donations to the site as well. it’s not just staff being unpaid, it’s staff being unpaid while the owner who does absolutely nothing for the site pockets $50k a year” /end ID]
here’s a doc that explains the mass resignations and such. here’s some highlights: there’s not nearly enough mods for the amount of people – about 32 staff members on a site with over 250,000 active users. there were 2500 unresolved tickets before artfight started this year. according to a message from the owner, Takaia, art fight brought in $70k in 2022. around half of that ($35k) went to site and business expenses. Takaia paid Axel (not sure who that is) $4800 for art. The gross profits were about $35k as well, but $9000 had to go to taxes. so, that excess $24k went to savings, according to a message from Takaia. but, like… there’s no way to confirm that. and based off of a lack of transparency in the past, it’s reasonable to assume that this isn’t completely true. Takaia also mentions becoming physically disabled in the past year, which i can emphasize with as someone going thru the same thing, but personally, i think Takaia needs to accept help in leading artfight, which they refuse to do. also, this is apparently not the first time Takaia has lied about profits and taken a large amount for themself, which contributes to the site being shit at the beginning of every year. the other thing contributing to that is that there’s only one coder (and Pika isn’t getting paid, either).
so like, it’s not just not getting paid. they knew it wasn’t a paid position when they applied. the staff were misled and lied to about how much money Takaia is getting, and are learning that it was possible to compensate them for their time working in such shitty and stressful conditions.
Finished another piece from the mighty nein coloring book just in time for the second reunion reveal, I cannot believe we’ll soon get to see them all again!!
OMG THIS IS MY PIECE!!! HOLY SHIT!!
This coloring is INCREDIBLE I particularly love the rim lighting from the lanterns - well FREAKING done!!!
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