The nature of this journal is to create a minor raise in awareness, but also just to see if it sparks any conversation.

I've pondered creating an account for my laptop so that I don't have to browse DeviantArt as an anonymous user when I'm not at my desktop, but I haven't yet. For those that aren't aware, if you're not logged in, every few dozen pages or so you get treated to a full screen ad that you have to "click to continue" in one corner. Generally these are for DeviantWear, DeviantArt's clothing line. Anyway, there's an ad for a particular item that sparked this, however. This one.

I'll gloss on the price point for a moment, but that's not my core objection. $20 is a bit steep for a bloody t-shirt that you'll rarely wear. My primary objection to this is, hey, let's a t-shirt showing that we have a history of making controversial bans, and that's funny. Hilarious, even. We shouldn't be ashamed of a community where bannings are common and frequently contested. And our flippant attitude toward that won't affect how people feel about the community at all!

Sorry, I utterly disagree here and find it rather disgusting that they take bans so lightly as to make jokes about them. What, exactly, does that say about your community and your moderation policies?