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Watchers being 'fans'?

Journal Entry: Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:18 AM
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I've noticed that some people on deviantART refer to their watchers as their "fans" and to be honest, I find this a little weird.

I don't consider my watchers to be my fans. I see a fan as someone who likes you while a watcher is someone who just likes your work. I'm pretty certain that anyone who's watching me is doing so because they like my photography. I doubt any of my watchers actually give a fuck about my life. I'm just a college student on my way to get a Bachelors of Science in biology . . . nothing special. I lead a fairly normal life with my family, friends, boyfriend, and cat. Overall, I'm not that interesting, haha.

I actually find it a bit cocky when someone considers their watchers to be their fans. Granted, there are a select few professional artists on deviantART who really do have fans, but chances are, you're just someone with a deviantART account. So don't let those 20 fans watchers inflate your ego. ;D




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~justifi-cation Aug 10, 2012  Student General Artist
I had never even thought of it that way. I am a fan of some people's work, and there are a few people I admire outside of their artwork, but I would not call myself a fan, nor would I call any of my watchers fans. I'm not even sure they can be considered admirers; most of them aren't even active. I must say though, if I ever do reach twenty watchers I may have myself a nice chocolate, knowing that many people enjoy my work.
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*JamesOxley Aug 10, 2012  Student General Artist
While I'm usually just a fan of people's work, there are a select few where I do like the person behind the work. They're usually the people I find interacting with a lot easier. Although, I've noticed that most of the people that watch me has ignored me completely since so...I don't know what those people are called :v

Thanks to Misery, "I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN" is kind of creepy now xD
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*ricardo-bruins Aug 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I dont let watchers inflate my ego.... my ass is already enormous :-)
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`TwiggyTeeluck Aug 9, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
:giggle:
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*ricardo-bruins Aug 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:-)
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=Kay-Noire Aug 6, 2012   Photographer
Lol, true that.
I find it sounds really conceited if somebody refers to his/her watchers as his/her 'fans' :giggle:
Although I have noticed that some people refer to themselves as 'supporters' and going onto their profiles, you can see that they have never uploaded any content themselves (and they weren't new members) and just :+fav:ed works. So they are truly just around DA to fave and to watch, but I'm not even sure what I think of that, to be honest.
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`TwiggyTeeluck Aug 8, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
It does sound quite conceited. :giggle:
I guess 'supporter' is a nicer word and isn't as intense as 'fan'. But I don't think I have anything against a supporter on deviantART. Whatever floats their boat. :dummy:
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~tZuB Aug 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
True story :D
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`TwiggyTeeluck Aug 3, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
:highfive:
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~tZuB Aug 4, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
ahaha! :highfive:
I never tried this emoticon :D
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