There is an increasingly great number of members highly disgusted at this new Category or Class ? of Members. We were all "deviants" until a nice happy recent past. A time when, if you wanted to make a present of a subscription to a friend or someone you thought would benefit with one, you could do it anonymously or at least both of you, could agree to keep it between yourselves.

As things stand now that is not possible, and if you don't have a Premium Subscription you get "branded" as someone who "Needs Premium Subscription"

The stamps as well as a special logo are free to use and were made by "Beggars" a group of deviants that thought this was a time to raise our voices as members of an ARTS community compelled to become sort of activists in the hope of being heard and understood by the Administrators or the Decision Makers in this deviantART Inc.

But the main reasoning and kind request we want to make to the Administrators was excellently expressed by =blessed-saen in his Article, a summary of which I include below. Check also his Journal on this subject for more information and how to help should you so wish.

What is "Beggar" ?

BEGGAR IS NOT ME ASKING OR WANTING SOMEONE TO BUY ME A SUBSCRIPTION.

As explained in my Journal [link] "Beggar" is embedded into my tagline, my sig, my journal, and my page as a means of support to all artists, of every level here on deviantART and that I would –as many of you do— prefer to be simply a “deviantARTIST”, regardless of being a Premium Subscriber or “Needs a Premium Subscription”.

Also, Beggar promotes the choice of anonymity all deviants NEED to have, in the case of gifts of subscriptions. Only the donors and the receptors should decide if making it public or not.

Do I have to do all of what’s explained in the Journal?

No, in fact there are many other things you can do.
If you don't want to post a journal link about “beggar” to your page: one of them is to place a stamp in your page, showing support, that has a link (continuously updated) to the journals, current events, and current status.

How do I help?

Helping is simple, all we are asking is that you read the journal with the letter included in it, and if you agree follow the simple steps to sign the letter. Its easy, its fast, and does not require any other action on your part.

If you want to help more actively, please send me a note, (=blessed-saen) and I will be more than happy to get you involved.

Most important: !!

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THE LETTER TO POST IT INTO YOUR JOURNAL, as we would like to have just one CENTRAL LOCATION to post the signatures, making it easier to collect everyone’s name.

All deviants may copy the Journal [link] in their respective pages, signatures, etc.

Stop by and read the journal. If you even slightly support the idea, please sign!!!! Your voice counts, and the more people sign, the better chance we have of putting this through!

WE are an arts community, as such we have a voice and this is the time to use it!

Thank you, and Solidarity!