Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-32202807-20170701152822/@comment-27924856-20170701163825

Oppose.  While I think suggestion has good intentions, like other users have said, I think watermarks should remain optional. Maybe it'd discourage serious thieves, yeah, but considering the fact that most of the dA-based thieves lately have been trolls, I doubt watermarks would prevent portrait theft entirely.

Personally, I really don't like how watermarks look on portraits (except for Spookie's tbh; it's seriously fucking gorgeous) so I'd rather have an objectively "cleaner" portrait than indefinite security. If my unwatermarked portrait is stolen, then it's my responsibility. On the other hand, if User A wants the added safety and is perfectly fine with adding a watermark, then that's wonderful, but imo whether watermarks are added or not should still be up to the individual user.