Okay, with the new 'clarifications' FA just gave, I need to get a bit more off my chest.

So, let's start with the TL;DR version:

1) The rule isn’t new and hasn’t changed.
2) This does not affect SFW content.

Indeed, the rule isn't new, and only affects NSFW content. That I can agree upon.

3) Enforcement is being expanded to include Pokémon and Digimon.

Why just those two? And why not others, like My Little Pony? It seems a little Sus that you're just targeting those two big names - or one really big name and one which is somewhat of one.

4) Short characters are not being impacted.

I dunno, what you said earlier seems to imply the other way.

5) Minors involved in SFW or non-sexualized interests, such as vore and transformation, are allowed.

Uh... There are kinds of Vore which ARE more sexual, like Breast Vore and Unbirth. Same with transformations.


Now onto their longer stuff.

"enforcement was never taken against the Pokémon or Digimon in sexual content that look like children or cubs although they violated the rules" - if they had violated the rules, then why didn't you enforce them? And don't say about them being an exception until now: if it was an exception, it wasn't breaking the rules due to said exception.

"If the character has no difference from birth to elder, you will have to draw them non-canon for them to be acceptable in sexual situations" - So what, if a species is born looking like an adult, then it's okay for them to be sexulized even when they're too young?

"If you have questions as to whether your content is allowed, please open a Trouble Ticket under “General > Question About Site Policy” with a link to the content in question and we will provide you with an answer" - I'm still waiting for a reply to my enquiries, and while I can wait a bit, I can't wait forever. If I haven't heard by the end of this month (which gives FA a week to reply) then I will assume the answer is that all of the art would be invalid, and thus I will begin a purge.

"for 90 days after July 1st, all violations of UP 2.7 will NOT be escalated as severe offenses and will instead be treated as normal rules violations" - and what if you, say, forget to check someone's posts until 91 days after the new policy comes into affect, and they had not posted anything within that period that would had caused issues but their old art does? Personally any art which was okay before the update, so long as it was posted before the update, should remain just a normal rule violation. And also, what if someone made a violation of that rule during those 90 days which would had violated the rules before the update? Do those ones also get the same slap on the wrist instead of the major punishment they should get?!?


I'm going to wait until either I get a response to the trouble ticket, they make yet another update... Or June 1st. But the way things are going, the iceberg may have already been hit, and the staff may have no idea the ship is about to sink much like Tumblr did when they did the NSFW ban, but for different reasons.

If I don't hear anything before then, as I said, I will assume the worst, and will begin archiving and purging my gallery, while moving some of my art that I had gotten to other sites. And it may mean the Year of the Dragoness may end early as a result, along with my other themed months