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2 years ago
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So, about that new set of rules and ToS.
I've been using FurAffinity for almost twenty years now, which is kind of mental when you think about it. I've always been a small content creator, which I'm good with, it's all I need, and you guys have been incredibly supportive of my craft (and I hope you keep being so). I've seen a lot of rules come, new regulations, guidelines, it's inevitable. It's the way the cookie crumbles. So far I've not seen any reason for me to pack up and leave, it'd be rather stupid to jump ship and close a venue of advertisement without seeing the full impact of these changes.
FurAffinity itself should've made these Terms much clearer from the get go as well. The fact that they needed to send several clarifications shows this was a half-cooked idea that wasn't ready to be put out yet. It's in the nature of websites as a business to adapt and keep their source of revenue, otherwise the website itself would stop existing for everyone, and then we'd all lose. I understand FA taking this action, but it wasn't ready to be put out yet. Also they need to get an editor, whoever wrote those statements and clarifications has lost their touch with the community something fierce.
The dust hasn't settled yet, if you know what I mean. I'm sure there's at least two or three pictures in my gallery that may violate the new ToS, which I'll submit trouble tickets to in due time. But freaking out, shutting your gallery, slamming the door behind you, that's childish. That helps no one. I know it's very much of this zeitgeist to have instant gratification and action, but sometimes you have to play the patience game.
Lets wait it out, and see where it all falls. Or I might get perma-banned in a few days, who knows? We'll cross all these bridges when we get to them.
I've been using FurAffinity for almost twenty years now, which is kind of mental when you think about it. I've always been a small content creator, which I'm good with, it's all I need, and you guys have been incredibly supportive of my craft (and I hope you keep being so). I've seen a lot of rules come, new regulations, guidelines, it's inevitable. It's the way the cookie crumbles. So far I've not seen any reason for me to pack up and leave, it'd be rather stupid to jump ship and close a venue of advertisement without seeing the full impact of these changes.
FurAffinity itself should've made these Terms much clearer from the get go as well. The fact that they needed to send several clarifications shows this was a half-cooked idea that wasn't ready to be put out yet. It's in the nature of websites as a business to adapt and keep their source of revenue, otherwise the website itself would stop existing for everyone, and then we'd all lose. I understand FA taking this action, but it wasn't ready to be put out yet. Also they need to get an editor, whoever wrote those statements and clarifications has lost their touch with the community something fierce.
The dust hasn't settled yet, if you know what I mean. I'm sure there's at least two or three pictures in my gallery that may violate the new ToS, which I'll submit trouble tickets to in due time. But freaking out, shutting your gallery, slamming the door behind you, that's childish. That helps no one. I know it's very much of this zeitgeist to have instant gratification and action, but sometimes you have to play the patience game.
Lets wait it out, and see where it all falls. Or I might get perma-banned in a few days, who knows? We'll cross all these bridges when we get to them.
...I've seen a number of pokemon artists pack their bags and leave though.
Leaving the final decision to the mods is what concerns me.
Patience would have been preferred on both sides but the mods got the reaction they deserved to get because they, as you said, lost their touch with the community. Which is the source of a lot of FA problems the past few years, I believe.