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Seniority has been a cornerstone of DeviantArt since the site's early years, and is an award given to those who have made their mark on the community. These outstanding deviants have been recognized for their level of interaction, helpfulness with others, kindness, sincerity, and many other traits. These deviants can be recognized by the medal icon that appears next to their username, and in 21 years, less than 2,000 deviants have received it. The following five deviants, having shown a kindred spirit that has led to continued positive community interaction and involvement, are the most recent recipients of Seniority. Please join us in congratulating them! @stumpyfongo @stumpyfongo has been an enthusiastic member of DeviantArt for many years. A professional artist with a long list of major clients under his belt, he is also a champion for the community, spending time outside of his own creating to leave feedback for other artists. @icarus-ica A long-standing member of the

DeviantArt Protect now scans over 3.8 million new NFT images every week, and since the addition of NFT protection in August 2021, over 80,000 alerts regarding potential NFT infringement have been sent. The increase in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been notable in recent months, and with it, the issue of art theft related to NFTs has also grown dramatically. The amount of DeviantArt Protect alerts sent for NFT infringements grew throughout the last three months of 2021, showing increases of: 30% from September to October 100% from October to November Over 300% from November to mid-December In mid-December, we rolled out an additional layer of protection through DeviantArt Protect—including monitoring and blocking mechanisms—to safeguard and defend deviants against malicious bots that copy art without permission to mint as NFTs. While the issue of bot-related art theft continues to be a hot topic in the NFT space, DeviantArt is seeing positive results with our