I used to be extremely active on Deviantart and I am the co-founder of Digital Art Club, which I think is still one of the largest groups on this website. I left a while ago after seeing multiple issues arise within the internal management of Deviantart. I think I made the right decision to leave this site when I did.
I can honestly say that the new direction that this site moved in is sad, there was so much potential and now its just an absolute mess of a website. I have removed all of my work with the exception of my Daily Deviation photoshop brush set (which I still use to this day)