One of DeviantArt's newest features gives us the ability to write Status Updates to send shorter messages to our watchers than what we might normally include in a full journal entry. Status Updates also eliminate the need to use polls to spread the word about a DA event, group contest, or other situation where we may not be asking our watchers a question. They can include links, deviant and group mentions, thumbnails, and #tags. Even some formatting works such as alignment, bolding, and italicizing.

This tutorial will go over the ways to write a Status Update and where to find updates that your watchers write. I'll let you decide what the content of your updates contains.