Why? What has changed that makes you unable or unwilling to put money into Subeta? What would you like to see done on the site to encourage you to be willing to spend money, whether it's your first time doing so or otherwise?

This is a feedback thread that I think could provide staff insight as to why people have stopped spending real money on here. This is not to target anyone who does or doesn't spend money; everybody has their reasons for what they do (it does not mean a person cares less about the site if they don't spend) and I expect everyone to respect each other's stances and personal experiences. Take your drama to gossip tumblr or discord. ;)

I figure if there's a common theme among a specific group of people, perhaps that's what staff needs to pay attention to or understand why people have changed. So please, everyone who has something to say about the matter, please post! This is your chance for staff to hear your voice.

I stopped putting money into Subeta a few years back for one very specific reason; Subeta takes part of my income already.

In the art market / cw market rules, artists on Subeta are required to do work in exchange for site currency if they'd like to keep their business on Subeta. This wasn't much of a problem when I was younger, as I wanted and needed site currency. However, now that I'm older, this often takes away hours of my work time in order for me to receive a currency I cannot survive off of.

With the amount of work I have put into the CW market, I feel like Subeta has made enough off me by forcing me to accept a payment I cannot use and through the submission of my CW work. I don't feel responsible for needing to put even MORE of my time / money onto the site.

This would change 100% FOR ME if Subeta stopped forcing artists to accept fake money for their work. I would gladly put my own actual money back into the site if I got to choose when and how to do it, rather than being told how it was going to happen or else risk losing my account.

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I remember also seeing mention a while back from Keith (I think on his twitter maybe?) that they were considering doing small 'funds' to work on getting features made / put onsite. I would GLADLY help with these funds as well, as long as we weren't being asked to pay for features we'd already been promised and never received (Minions and Tea House, I'm looking at you.) and I'd also gladly help fund some actual progress on the coding situation, because it's a mess. I don't have much to spend, but I'd be more than happy to do commissions specifically to earn money TO support the site, if the choice was mine to make.

[edit] I know you've stopped putting in as much money as you used to as well. If you're comfortable sharing insight as to why, here is a thread.