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2 years ago
So apparently some stuff happened on this site while I was away for the weekend.
Fortunately for me, the kind of stuff I've drawn so far is pretty far off from the kind of things that might get caught up in the upcoming rule changes. That said, there are one or two ideas I planned to draw in the future that I'll have to drop, at least until enough time's passed for it to be clear what is and isn't ok.
Just to be extra safe I've gone back and removed a few uploads that could potentially run afoul of the rule (whether the existing version or the upcoming changes). They're all old and/or not very well-drawn so I doubt they'll be particularly missed.
Maybe at some point I'll even go back and draw some new stuff based on the few I've removed that is definitely fine with the rules - I've been considering redrawing/updating some of my older stuff anyway.
While I'm on the topic of my own stuff, I'll just say this since I've not stated it before: Please don't upload my art elsewhere (as in, on other art/gallery websites or whatever) without my explicit permission. If there's enough demand in regards to a particular website maybe I'll stick it there myself. Fortunately this has yet to be an issue as far as I'm aware, but I just wanted to make that clear given that it feels relevant to the topic.
The reason for this is just that I want to be in control of where my stuff is and isn't, and what stuff goes where. Partially because I'm self-conscious about the quality of my art and don't want to further spread stuff that doesn't meet my own standards, but also just in case I ever, for any reason, need to purge my online presence in regards to this stuff entirely.
I am giving thought again to the idea of also posting my stuff elsewhere, most likely either on Weasyl as stated before, or Itaku since that seems to be picking up steam lately. That said, I'm lazy, as is probably obvious by now, so maybe I'll never get around to that.
Anyhow, I've gotten a bit sidetracked. Back to the topic at hand.
If I'm being honest, it's difficult for me to really have a strong, defined opinion on the changes in question.
I've been re-evaluating my views a lot over the past few years, and at this point I've kinda accepted I'll never know all the right answers to these things. I was exposed to a lot of wacky NSFW stuff from a relatively young age, during a time where much less thought was given online as to what is or isn't okay, and it's been a long, slow process for me to give these things deeper thought and figure out where I stand. It certainly doesn't help that I have friends on both sides of the aisle when it comes to this kind of thing.
There are definitely going to be quite a few cases where totally fine stuff gets caught in the crossfire, and that sucks, especially for those who have a lot of stuff at-risk, whose livelihood depends on comms on this website, etc. I understand it's easy for me to not have a strong opinion since I'm unlikely to be personally affected, but that doesn't mean I don't care.
But, I don't know what the best solution is, whether there are big enough issues with the existing rules for it to be justified, whether it should be walked back on entirely, or somewhere inbetween. Maybe they'll make things more strictly defined so as to not catch too many innocent folks out, maybe things will turn out to not be as bad (or worse, I won't discount the possibility) than they seem. I'll leave that discussion up to other folks who have more well-defined opinions on this than me.
That was a lot of words for me to just say "I dunno," but I felt like since I'm bringing up the topic in the first place I should at least mention my stance on it (or I guess lack of stance.)
Last thoughts on this, it sucks knowing there'll probably be at least a few folks I follow, or who follow me, who will end up getting caught in all this, or who feel forced to leave the site.
Even if I don't actually start actively posting my art elsewhere, I'll probably set up an account on one or two other websites just to follow anyone who does either leave or get booted from here.
I considered disabling comments because to be honest I'm not interested in discussing views on the rule changes themselves - I've seen more than enough of that already, and I only mentioned my own viewpoint because I felt it'd be weird not to. That said, I'll leave them open since there are other things that might warrant a comment.
Fortunately for me, the kind of stuff I've drawn so far is pretty far off from the kind of things that might get caught up in the upcoming rule changes. That said, there are one or two ideas I planned to draw in the future that I'll have to drop, at least until enough time's passed for it to be clear what is and isn't ok.
Just to be extra safe I've gone back and removed a few uploads that could potentially run afoul of the rule (whether the existing version or the upcoming changes). They're all old and/or not very well-drawn so I doubt they'll be particularly missed.
Maybe at some point I'll even go back and draw some new stuff based on the few I've removed that is definitely fine with the rules - I've been considering redrawing/updating some of my older stuff anyway.
While I'm on the topic of my own stuff, I'll just say this since I've not stated it before: Please don't upload my art elsewhere (as in, on other art/gallery websites or whatever) without my explicit permission. If there's enough demand in regards to a particular website maybe I'll stick it there myself. Fortunately this has yet to be an issue as far as I'm aware, but I just wanted to make that clear given that it feels relevant to the topic.
The reason for this is just that I want to be in control of where my stuff is and isn't, and what stuff goes where. Partially because I'm self-conscious about the quality of my art and don't want to further spread stuff that doesn't meet my own standards, but also just in case I ever, for any reason, need to purge my online presence in regards to this stuff entirely.
I am giving thought again to the idea of also posting my stuff elsewhere, most likely either on Weasyl as stated before, or Itaku since that seems to be picking up steam lately. That said, I'm lazy, as is probably obvious by now, so maybe I'll never get around to that.
Anyhow, I've gotten a bit sidetracked. Back to the topic at hand.
If I'm being honest, it's difficult for me to really have a strong, defined opinion on the changes in question.
I've been re-evaluating my views a lot over the past few years, and at this point I've kinda accepted I'll never know all the right answers to these things. I was exposed to a lot of wacky NSFW stuff from a relatively young age, during a time where much less thought was given online as to what is or isn't okay, and it's been a long, slow process for me to give these things deeper thought and figure out where I stand. It certainly doesn't help that I have friends on both sides of the aisle when it comes to this kind of thing.
There are definitely going to be quite a few cases where totally fine stuff gets caught in the crossfire, and that sucks, especially for those who have a lot of stuff at-risk, whose livelihood depends on comms on this website, etc. I understand it's easy for me to not have a strong opinion since I'm unlikely to be personally affected, but that doesn't mean I don't care.
But, I don't know what the best solution is, whether there are big enough issues with the existing rules for it to be justified, whether it should be walked back on entirely, or somewhere inbetween. Maybe they'll make things more strictly defined so as to not catch too many innocent folks out, maybe things will turn out to not be as bad (or worse, I won't discount the possibility) than they seem. I'll leave that discussion up to other folks who have more well-defined opinions on this than me.
That was a lot of words for me to just say "I dunno," but I felt like since I'm bringing up the topic in the first place I should at least mention my stance on it (or I guess lack of stance.)
Last thoughts on this, it sucks knowing there'll probably be at least a few folks I follow, or who follow me, who will end up getting caught in all this, or who feel forced to leave the site.
Even if I don't actually start actively posting my art elsewhere, I'll probably set up an account on one or two other websites just to follow anyone who does either leave or get booted from here.
I considered disabling comments because to be honest I'm not interested in discussing views on the rule changes themselves - I've seen more than enough of that already, and I only mentioned my own viewpoint because I felt it'd be weird not to. That said, I'll leave them open since there are other things that might warrant a comment.
